Capital Fellow (A)
. A stock-jobber, in French called Un Capitaine, par allusion aux capitaux sur lesquels on agiote habituellement., A good-tempered, jovial, and generous person.
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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.