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Emily - Here's some Regency slang for you! What was a TUFT ...
A tuft hunter was ... someone who courted the acquaintance of the aristocracy . m.facebook.com
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TUFT-HUNTER Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of TUFT-HUNTER is one that seeks association with persons of title or high social status : snob. www.merriam-webster.com
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tufthunter - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From tuft + hunter. Noun. edit. tufthunter (plural tufthunters). (UK, slang, archaic) A hanger-on to noblemen or persons of quality ... en.wiktionary.org
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tuft-hunter
ˈtuft-ˌhunter [f. tuft n. + hunter.] One who meanly or obsequiously courts the acquaintance of persons of rank and title (originally at the universities: see tuft n. 7, 7 b); a toady, sycophant.1755 Connoisseur No. 97 ¶1, I remember to have heard a cousin of mine,..formerly at Cambridge,..mentioning... Oxford English Dictionary
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tuft-hunter, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun tuft-hunter is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for tuft-hunter is from 1755, in the Connoisseur ... www.oed.com
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tuft-hunter, n. - Green's Dictionary of Slang
tuft-hunter n. ... 1. (also tuft-worshipper) an undergraduate who pursues the acquaintance of rich or titled students. ... 2. a snob, a toady, a social climber. ... 3 ... greensdictofslang.com
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Isaac Heard
Epitaph by Thomas Moore Heard is mentioned in the poem Epitaph on a tuft-hunter by Thomas Moore 1779-1852: Lament, lament, Sir Isaac Heard, Put mourning wikipedia.org
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Tuft Hunter (Grose 1811 Dictionary) - Words from Old Books
A it anniversary parasite, one who courts the acquaintance of nobility, whose caps are adorned with a gold tuft. Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary ... words.fromoldbooks.org
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Tufthunter - World Wide Words
A toadying hanger-on of members of the aristocracy was once called a tufthunter, a term that derives from an old custom at the ancient ... www.worldwidewords.org
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Tuft-hunter - Crossword Clue - 1 Answer 5-5 Letters
Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Tuft-hunter. TOADY (5). Jump to Definition ». 5 letter answer(s) to tuft-hunter. www.crosswordsolver.org
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10 Synonyms & Antonyms for TUFTHUNTER | Thesaurus.com
A tufthunter is a snob, a parasite is a snob, the man who allows the manhood within him to be awed by a coronet is a snob. www.thesaurus.com
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TUFT-HUNTING Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun : the practice of tuft-hunters tuft-hunting 2 of 2 adjective " : of or relating to tuft-hunters : snobbish www.merriam-webster.com
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tuft
▪ I. tuft, n. (tʌft) Also 5 toft, tofte, 5–7 tufft, 6 tufte; 6–7 tuffe, 7–8 tuff. [The derivation presents many difficulties. Supposed to represent F. touffe (in OF. also toffe, tofe), generally referred to L. tūfa, ‘a kind of helmet crest’, or ‘a kind of military standard’ (in Vegetius, 386), appea... Oxford English Dictionary
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Sunrise (novel)
Sunrise is the sixth and final book in Erin Hunter's Warriors: Power of Three children's fantasy novel series. References http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Sunrise/Erin-Hunter/e/9780060892173/? wikipedia.org
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Crested shelduck
Additionally, both sexes have a distinctive green tuft of feathers protruding from the head. Both sexes have a green tuft of feathers protruding from their head. wikipedia.org
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