E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Podsnap’pery.
The etiquette of the fossil gentry, stiff-starched and extremely proper.
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“It may not be so in the Gospel according to Podsnappery … but it has been the truth since the foundations of the universe were laid.”—Our Mutual Friend.
