Brewer's: Bingham's Dandies

The 17th Lancers; so called from their colonel, the Earl of Lucan, formerly Lord Bingham. The uniform is noted for its admirable fit and smartness. Now called “The Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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