swell
A fashionable, showy person of importance.
“The swells were out in Rotten Row, parading their horseflesh.”
❦ Note: Anything showy was ‘swell’ or ‘swellish’; the ‘swell mob’ were well-dressed thieves.
A fashionable, showy person of importance.
“The swells were out in Rotten Row, parading their horseflesh.”
❦ Note: Anything showy was ‘swell’ or ‘swellish’; the ‘swell mob’ were well-dressed thieves.