Brummell
Americannoun
noun
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Middle- and working-class men copied Brummell and the swells of the 1830s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Back when finely dressed men realized you didn’t have to hide the collar underneath folds of outerwear, Beau Brummell brought his out in dramatic fashion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
“Everything was freezing up,” including nozzles and breathing equipment, said Joe Brummell, director of Disaster and Emergency Services for Madison County.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
Brummell, significantly, didn’t come from a privileged background.
From Washington Post ● May 29, 2019
A very brief experience in a regiment that had a gruff old quartermaster would take that tuck out of that Beau Brummell, in short order.
From The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Leander Stillwell
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