单词 | lardy-dardy |
释义 | lardy-dardy, a. slang.|ˈlɑːdɪˈdɑːdɪ| [Cf. la-di-da n.] Characteristic of an affected swell; languidly foppish.
1861M. E. Braddon Trail Serpent iv. vi. 227 You're not much good, my friend, says I, with your lardy-dardy ways, and your cold-blooded words, whoever you are. 1874Punch 14 Mar. 109/1 This only when the lardy-dardy swells are present. 1887Illustr. Lond. News 15 Oct. 448 The modern ‘lardy-dardy’ school [of acting]. Hence lardy-dardy v. intr., to act the swell, to ‘do the la-di-da’.
1887Sims Mary Jane's Mem. 58 Other men were lardy-dardying about..enjoying themselves. |

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