swelldom

• “Europe and all the leaders of European swelldom, the more prosperous of the demi-mondaines and no end of the merely rich of every land, congregate there and thereabouts.”

  "Marse Henry" : an autobiography,

• “Father was admitted into swelldom merely by right of his position.”

  My Brilliant Career

• “The Bossiers and Beechams were leaders of swelldom among the squattocracy up the country, and firm and intimate friends.”

  My Brilliant Career

• “West End swelldom, the type of a class Saxham abhorred.”

  The Dop Doctor

• “Flinder's Lane and incoming ships, walked beside their pretty daughters; and the representatives of swelldom were stalking along in their customary apparel of curly brimmed hats, high collars, and immaculate suits.”

  The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

• “In spite of lack of humor and a thousand other defects which ought to make English swelldom antagonistic to our countrymen, the fact remains that “smart” London tempts a certain number of Americans and has become a promised land, toward which they turn longing eyes.”

  The Ways of Men

• “Half the ruling sovereigns of Europe and all the leaders of European swelldom, the more prosperous of the demi-mondaines and no end of the merely rich of every land, congregate there and thereabouts.”

  Marse Henry, Complete An Autobiography

• “And you can imagine how noses were flattened against the windows to see all this hierarchical swelldom.”

  The Nabob

• “Lawyers, their legal quibbles finished for the week, were strolling leisurely with their black bags in their hands; portly merchants, forgetting Flinder’s Lane and incoming ships, walked beside their pretty daughters; and the representatives of swelldom were stalking along in their customary apparel of curly brimmed hats, high collars, and immaculate suits.”

  The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

• “I cannot tell, not belonging to swelldom, myself.”

  Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls

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