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A selfish, self-indulgent, conceited dancing-master, who imposes on the world by his majestic appearance and elaborate toilette. He lives on the earnings of his son (named Prince, after the prince regent), who reveres him as a perfect model of "deportment."—Dickens: Bleak House (1852). (from Bibliomania)
May 21, 2008