Word: cad
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...London correspondent of the New York Times thus moralizes; "There is no greater snob than your university snob, no more outrageous cad than your cad who has worn an academic gown. This admitted, comes the concession that your university gentleman is a noble type of courtesy and good manners, and thus the debtor side of the ledger is pretty well balanced. There was a time when "rank and birth" held possession of the colleges. Now "shoddy" and "finance" are represented there, and somehow they assume the by-gone airs of the old aristocrats...