dandiprat

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Noun

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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.

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