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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Putting on Side

Giving oneself airs. Side is an archaic word for a train or trailing gown; also long, as “his beard was side.” A side-coat means a long trailing coat. (Anglo-Saxon sid, great, wide, long- as sid-feax, long hair.)

“I do not like side frocks for little girls.” —Skinner.

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