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