bang-up cove

English

Noun

bang-up cove (plural bang-up coves)

(idiomatic, obsolete, slang) a dashing fellow who spends his money freely

References

Grose, Francis, The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue / Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence: altered and enlarged (London; 1811)

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