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Beau Brummel. George Bryan. (1778–1840.)

Le Beau DʹOrsay. Father of Count DʹOrsay, and called by Byron Jeune Cupīdon.

Beau Fielding, called “Handsome Fieldingby Charles II., whose name was Hendrome Fielding. He died in Scotland Yard, London.

Beau Hewitt. The “Sir Fopling Flutter” of Etheredge. (The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter.)

Beau Nash. Son of a Welsh gentleman, a notorious diner-out. He undertook the management of the bath-rooms at Bath, and conducted the public balls with a splendour and decorum never before witnessed. In old age he sank into poverty. (1674–1761.)

Beau Tibbs noted for his finery, vanity, and poverty. (Goldsmith: Citizen of the World.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Beat (To)
Beat. (French, abattre, to abate.)
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Beaten with his own Staff
Beating about the Bush
Beating the Bounds
Beati Possidentes
Beatific Vision
Beatrice
Bean
Beau Ideal
Beau Jour beau Retour (A)
Beau Lion (Un)
Beau Monde
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Beauclerc [good scholar]
Beaumontague [pronounce bo-montaig]
Beautiful
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