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Old 03-06-2015, 09:21 AM
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There is a story about how Robert Peel had found some dirt on a very young and fobbish Disraeli, ...
I figure you meant 'foolish,' but i just wanted to say how much I liked 'fobbish' there. Great word!
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I figure you meant 'foolish,' but i just wanted to say how much I liked 'fobbish' there. Great word!
I guess I was alluding to his early "dandyism"...he wore outrageous clothing for a minister in his early days. I think it was Peel. The BBC mini-series from the late 80s shown on Masterpiece Theater is really great. He is portrayed by the same actor who played the mayor in Deadwood.
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I figure you meant 'foolish,' but i just wanted to say how much I liked 'fobbish' there. Great word!
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I guess I was alluding to his early "dandyism"...
Ah! Foppish!

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