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fop

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–noun
a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME foppe, fop; akin to fob 2

Synonyms:
dandy, coxcomb, popinjay, peacock, swell, dude.
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fop   (fŏp)   
n.  A man who is preoccupied with and often vain about his clothes and manners; a dandy.

[Middle English, fool; probably akin to Middle English fob, trickster, cheat; see fob2.]
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Fop

Fop\, n. [OE. foppe, fop, fool; cf. E. fob to cheat, G. foppen to make a fool of one, jeer, D. foppen.] One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb; an inferior dandy.
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fop 
1440, "foolish person," perhaps related to fob (v.) via Ger. foppen "jeer at, make a fool of" (see fob (v.)). Sense of "dandy" is 1670.
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FOP
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