dandiprat

English

Noun

dandiprat (plural dandiprats)

1. (obsolete) An English coin worth three half-pence
2. (dated) An insignificant or contemptible person
   • 1848, Henry Norman Hudson, Lectures on Shakespeare - Volume 1, page 41:

     It seems but proper, every way, therefore, for us to know, that this king of poets and philosophers was also among the best of men ; that, in his character, modesty and humility kept pace with greatness ; and that he was as much better than the beau-ideals of our intellectual popinjays and dandiprats, as those beau-ideals were prouder than he.

Alternative forms

• dandyprat
• dandypratt