swankpot

swankpot
n. Brit. colloq. a person behaving with swank.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • fuss-pot —    Used to a person who fusses overmuch about trifling matters. With ‘fuss pot’ one may compare ‘bigpot’, ‘swankpot’, ‘stink pot’. etc., terms mainly used by children. ‘You old fuss pot’ is spoken by one woman to another in Rebecca, by Daphne du… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • fuss-budget —    Used to a person who fusses overmuch about trifling matters. With ‘fuss pot’ one may compare ‘bigpot’, ‘swankpot’, ‘stink pot’. etc., terms mainly used by children. ‘You old fuss pot’ is spoken by one woman to another in Rebecca, by Daphne du… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

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