beau

Beau Brummel

A very fashionable man. The name refers to an actual person, George Bryan "Beau" Brummel, who was considered a tastemaker in England's Regency period. That guy's a real Beau Brummel, so I definitely trust his opinion on what I should wear.
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beau-nasty

obsolete A man who is stylish in dress but otherwise dirty or disheveled. A lady like myself can't go to this event with a beau-nasty on my arm! What will people think?

dirty beau

obsolete A man who is stylish in dress but otherwise dirty or disheveled. A lady like myself can't go to this event with a dirty beau on my arm! What will people think?
See also: beau, dirty

the beau monde

Collectively, society's most wealthy and fashionable people; the beautiful people. The phrase is French for "fine world." Those parties are exclusively for the beau monde. You wouldn't be invited even as a waiter.
See also: beau, monde
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Beau Brummel

A male fashion plate. George Bryan Brummel, nicknamed “Beau,” was one of the best-known figures of Regency England of the late 18th to early 19th century. As unofficial fashion advisor to the Prince Regent, later King George IV, Brummel was the arbiter of taste, style, and etiquette; he popularized trousers (instead of knee breeches) with matching coats, as well as cravats that were the forerunners of neckties. The epithet Beau Brummel was applied to any man who was fastidious about his clothing, even if he wasn't a trendsetter.
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Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • Beau Brummel
  • a/the man about town
  • man about town
  • man-about-town
  • vogue
  • the new black
  • beau-nasty
  • uncool
  • be on the way in
  • be on the way out/in
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Ashley then switched to a more child-friendly style to find out Beau's home address in Pembrokeshire.
'AMAZING LITTLE BOY' CALLS 999 TO AID MUM
Beau spoke to Ashley Page, a 999 call-taker atWelsh Ambulance Service, who quickly identified the schoolboy was on his own with his mum.
Four-year-old boy called ambulance for his mum when she collapsed at home by using Siri; Beau Austin has been rewarded for his bravery and quick thinking
-- You can be truthful about the relationships in as economical a way as possible: "This is Bob, Mimi's partner and basically Beau's dad." "This is Beau's mom, Mimi, and his mostly-dad, Bob."
Friend asks for sympathy, receives a bill
"Beau's very happy - a really jolly little boy," says Andy.
Jolly boy's bravery in face of disability
In Beau Rivages typical top-notch fashion, the charter service is expansive and successful for the casino resort as well as the Mississippi Coasts tourism industry.
Beau Rivage charter program keeps growing
For a year, when they were building a home, they lived here: Beau, [his wife] Hallie and the two kids.
Joe Biden on his new memoir, Promise Me, Dad
Biden's young boys, Beau and Hunter, survived, but the deaths haunted Biden.
Promise made, promise kept Paul Alexander
OBSESSED Incredibly, Beau's highly-inappropriate Love Island routine won the pageant, netting her a tiara as a prize.
LOVE ISLAND TOT; mum's pride as her girl, 7, gives raunchy dance
Beau shot to fame when her electrifying audition on Britain's Got Talent earned her the golden buzzer from judge Amanda Holden - now Beau's mentor - taking her straight into the live finals.
Beau insures voice for PS1m; TEENAGER WHO WOWED BGT JUDGES TO RELEASE ALBUM
Eighteenth-century caricatures and newspapers frequently mocked the beau monde as shallow, frivolous, and ridiculous.
The Beau Monde: Fashionable Society in Georgian London
BEAU Dermott is already guaranteed a recording deal, according to a BGT source.
Beau record deal 'already in the bag'