Jerry Sneak

English

Etymology

After a character in Samuel Foote's The Mayor of Garret, a farce first performed in 1763.

Noun

Jerry Sneak (plural Jerry Sneaks)

1. (slang, archaic) A henpecked husband.
   • 1832, The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth, page 189:

     But very often blust'ring blades / Are Jerry Sneaks at home.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary