bang-up cove

bang-up cove

obsolete A stylish and well-groomed man who is spendthrift with his money and means. "Bang up" is an obsolete slang word for being extravagant or very fine, and "cove" is a British slang word for a man. My word, that dashing gentleman is certainly a bang-up cove; he has purchased food and drink for all of the patrons in the tavern.
See also: cove
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • autem mort
  • hunky
  • brassic lint
  • chedda
  • flash
  • flash on
  • flashing
  • blimp
  • blimp out
  • guns