Meaning of gay blade | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dashing swordsman.
   obsolete
2. A dashing youth.
   dated

Examples

“At college he was a gay blade who played the guitar or one of the instruments for the accompaniment of song.”

“He's feeling very low now because he was sixty years old the other day. And you know- you know how Bebe [is]- I said Bebe, you can't talk about being a young gay blade anymore.”

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