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Jerry Sneak en · NOUN

Etymology

After a character in Samuel Foote's The Mayor of Garret, a farce first performed in 1763.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, slang) A henpecked husband.
    • But very often blust'ring blades / Are Jerry Sneaks at home. 1832, The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth, page 189:

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Jerry Sneaks Number=Plur lexicographic

wikipedia: The Mayor of Garret