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Jerry Sneak
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English
Etymology
After a character in Samuel Foote's The Mayor of Garret, a farce first performed in 1763.
Noun
Jerry Sneak
en slang archaic A henpecked husband.
en 1832 The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth 189 But very often blust'ring blades / Are Jerry Sneaks at home.
References
en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary
en eponyms