bang-up cove

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Noun[edit]

bang-up cove (plural bang-up coves)

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

References[edit]

  • [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Bang-up cove”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.
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