Dick Whittington

English Etymology After Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423), English merchant and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London and financed various public projects. He is remembered in a pantomime called Dick Whittington and His Cat, in which he sets out for London to make his fortune. Noun en UK Somebody who moves to London in the hope of better prospects. en 1911 The Sunday at Home 194 "Fine! Ye couldn't beat it. And you'd go off to London, or some such place—""I should like it to be London.""Oh, of course; there's plenty of Dick Whittingtons left yet. But there's more petrol than pearls about the London pavement now. en 2009 What's Up, Britain? 42 Britain's twenty-somethings have become iPod-carrying Dick Whittingtons, drawn to London by the prospect of large salaries and hopes of a vibrant social life. en eponyms en London