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Definition of Swelldom
1. n. People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.
Definition of Swelldom
1. Noun. (dated humorous) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swelldom
1. the fashionable world [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swelldom
Literary usage of Swelldom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine: A Monthly Journal Devoted to All (1885)
"There are around, various grades of swelldom: baronets, ... Old swelldom, you
have had your day, envy not the happy lot of the young man at that fair ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"Picked up a shady »tory in the side-walk of swelldom, cooked it carefully with
a weather-eye to the LAW OF LIBEL, and the Shilling Scan-Mag sold like ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1865)
"The fact which most influences his fate is this (as we venture to think)—that
the assembled swelldom of the British islands, coming up to London at the end ..."
4. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1854)
"... who is a swell, more than by mistaking his swelldom for the swelldom of an
hour and not of perpetuity ; and we could almost swear at them because all ..."
5. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1867)
"... introducing in his apparel as many gold bosses, rubies, garnets, horse-shoes,
and death's- heads as is consistent with the canons of swelldom ; and in ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"These slats are now usually arranged vertically. swelldom (swel'dum), и. ...
This Isn't the moment, when all swelldom Is at her feet, for me to come forward ..."
7. Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine: A Monthly Journal Devoted to All (1885)
"There are around, various grades of swelldom: baronets, ... Old swelldom, you
have had your day, envy not the happy lot of the young man at that fair ..."
8. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"Picked up a shady »tory in the side-walk of swelldom, cooked it carefully with
a weather-eye to the LAW OF LIBEL, and the Shilling Scan-Mag sold like ..."
9. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1865)
"The fact which most influences his fate is this (as we venture to think)—that
the assembled swelldom of the British islands, coming up to London at the end ..."
10. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1854)
"... who is a swell, more than by mistaking his swelldom for the swelldom of an
hour and not of perpetuity ; and we could almost swear at them because all ..."
11. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1867)
"... introducing in his apparel as many gold bosses, rubies, garnets, horse-shoes,
and death's- heads as is consistent with the canons of swelldom ; and in ..."
12. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"These slats are now usually arranged vertically. swelldom (swel'dum), и. ...
This Isn't the moment, when all swelldom Is at her feet, for me to come forward ..."
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