Meaning of dandyess | Babel Free

Definitions

A female dandy.

obsolete

Examples

“Here should the laced, straitened and waisted dandy or dandyess, whose beau-ideal of figure⟳ rests within the narrow span of slimness, and to whom any other view⟳ of the body is out of taste⟳, out of conception, impossible -- here should they learn⟳, while studying the flow⟳ and superfluity of a more polished age than their own⟳, to doubt⟳, at least, their sovereign and exclusive right to rack, and wrench, and torture poor human nature.”

“It would seem that a compromise has been made between the dandys and dandyesses, and that bustles are undergoing a sensible reduction.”

“Some of the young dandies and dandyesses allow⟳ the hair to grow⟳ long, and when thickly anointed and brushed straight in all directions, the expression of the face⟳ becomes singularly wild and savage: such a head would make⟳ a capital sign⟳ for the Sun Fire and Life Office.”

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