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Definition of Fashion plate
1. Noun. A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
Specialized synonyms: Cockscomb, Coxcomb, Macaroni
Generic synonyms: Adult Male, Man
Specialized synonyms: Beau Brummell, Brummell, George Bryan Brummell
Derivative terms: Dandify
2. Noun. A plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress.
Definition of Fashion plate
1. Noun. A picture, usually a full-page advertisement, showing the latest fashion in clothing. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) A person who dresses in especially stylish fashions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fashion Plate
Literary usage of Fashion plate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Father and Son: Biographical Recollections by Edmund Gosse (1907)
"... underneath her crinoline, which was blown out like a bladder, as in some
extravagant old fashion- plate. Whether her feet touched the bottom of the font ..."
2. What to Wear? by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1873)
"OUR fashion plate. BUT after all, as Mr. Mill asks of political economy, can the
dress-reform " do nothing, but only object to every thing, and demonstrate ..."
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