1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Regency Word Wednesday

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Maccaroni

“A fop: which name arose from a club, called the Maccaroni Club, instituted by some of the most dressy travelled gentlemen about town, who led the fashions; whence a man foppishly dressed, was supposed a member of that club, and by contraction styled a Maccaroni.”

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