Definitions
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- noun The condition or state of a man who is overly
concerned about hisclothes andappearance .
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Examples
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Lovelace tends to show elegance and taste while the same outfit on someone else might show a lack of discretion and a certain vanity and dandification.
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Tall talk's his jewelry: he must have his dandification in bunkum.
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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Tall talk's his jewelry: he must have his dandification in bunkum.
Beauchamp's Career — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Tall talk's his jewelry: he must have his dandification in bunkum.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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All the money he had -- and he had very little of it -- he spent in dandification.
The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 Philip Wharton 1847
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“I call him ours, ma’am, for I bred him; and I am as proud of him as you are; and, bating a little wilfulness, and a little selfishness, and a little dandification, I don’t know a more honest, or loyal, or gentle creature.
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"I call him ours, ma'am, for I bred him; and I am as proud of him as you are; and, bating a little wilfulness, and a little selfishness, and a little dandification, I don't know a more honest, or loyal, or gentle creature.
The History of Pendennis William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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