Turveydrop
📖 Definitions
noun
One who poses as a model of deportment: the way in which one conducts oneself.
💬 Usage Examples
“Rose: ‘But gentlemen don’t catch up ladies like bags of meal, and poke them into carriages in this way. It is evident that you need looking after, and it is high time I undertook your society manners. Mac: ‘I’ll behave like a Turveydrop: see if I don’t.’” Louisa May Alcott; Rose in Bloom; Roberts Brothers; 1876.