Quern-biter of Hakon the Good, Wherewith at a stroke he hewed The millstone thro’ and thro’; And foot-breadth of Thoralf “the Strong!” Were not so broad, nor yet so long. Nor was their edge so true. Longfellow. =Fopling Flutter= (_Sir_), “the man of mode,” and chief character of a comedy by Sir George Etherege, entitled _The Man of Mode or Sir Fopling Flutter_ (1676). =Foppery.= Vespasian the Roman emperor had a contempt for foppery. When certain young noblemen came to him smelling of perfumes, he said to them, “You would have pleased me more if you had smelt of garlic.” Charlemagne had a similar contempt of foppery. One day, when he was hunting, the rain poured down in torrents, and the fine furs and silks of his suite were utterly spoilt. The king took this occasion to rebuke the court beaux for their vanity in dress and advised them in future to adopt garments more simple and more serviceable. =Foppington= (_Lord_),an empty-headed coxcomb, intent only on dress and fashion. His favorite oaths, which he brings out with a drawl, are: “Strike me dumb!” “Split my windpipe!” and so on. When he loses his mistress, he consoles himself with this reflection: “Now, for my part, I think the wisest thing a man can do with an aching heart is to put on a serene countenance; for a philosphical air is the most becoming thing in the world to the face of a person of quality.”—Sir John Vanbrugh, _The Relapse_ (1697). The shoemaker in _The Relapse_ tells Lord Foppington that his lordship is mistaken in supposing that his shoe pinches.—Macaulay. _Foppington_ (_Lord_), a young married man about town, most intent upon dress and fashion, whose whole life is consumed in the follies of play and seduction. His favorite oaths are: “Sun, burn me!” “Curse, catch me!” “Stop my breath!” “Let me blood!” “Run me through!” “Strike me stupid!” “Knock me down!” He is reckoned the king of all court fops.—Colley Cibber, _The Careless Husband_ (1704).