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petit-maître

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as in Beau Brummell

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Much like the advice of Beau Brummell, a close friend of the future King George IV who in the 19th century helped define Royal Ascot’s dress code.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
The original dandy—most famously embodied by figures like Beau Brummell in 18th-century Britain—was a man whose primary purpose was to stand out by being impeccably groomed and dressed.

— Ty Gaskins, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2025

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There’s a version of Lysander that is done as a British fop.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
The New Yorker loves and fetishizes its traditions (the monocled fop Eustace Tilley, that stately but sensual Adobe Caslon font), but the magazine’s ultimate tradition is cutting through the scrim of contemporary noise to look reality in the eye, presenting it to the reader with a no-fuss vibrance.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025

Definition of fop

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Razorbill brings that experience to one of the industry's most recognizable blade profiles, using extensive CNC machining to make geometry itself part of both the product's performance and its appearance.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Smash the olives with the flat side of the blade, remove the pit, and use your fingers to tear into smaller pieces.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

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Ask your beau to fasten it behind your neck; rubies, after all, are oh-so-romantic.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
Season 5 ended on a cliffhanger for Emily and Gabriel — adrift on a yacht off the shores of Greece — while Mindy finds herself in a love triangle with Nico (Park's real-life former beau Paul Forman) and Alfie (Lucien Laviscount).

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

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Sparrows, jays, robins, and mockingbirds are some of the most common species to attack garden tomatoes.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2026
Both birds are members of the Corvidae family, which also includes magpies and jays, and both crows and ravens are famously playful and intelligent.

— Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026

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