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Definition of Drawcansir

Drawcansir
Drawcansir Draw"can*sir, n. [From the name of a bullying braggart character in the play by George Villiers called ``The Rehearsal.'] A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully. The leader was of an ugly look and gigantic stature; he acted like a drawcansir, sparing neither friend nor foe. --Addison.

Meaning of Drawcansir from wikipedia

- Drawcansir is a fictional character in George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham's farce The Rehearsal. He kills every one of the combatants, "sparing neither...
- The Covent-Garden Journal, published under the pseudonym "Sir Alexander Drawcansir, Knt., Censor of Great Britain" until November of that year. Here Fielding...
- Brentford Prince Pretty-man Prince Volscius Gentleman Usher Physician Drawcansir General Lieutenant General Cordelio Tom Thimble Fisherman Sun Thunder...
- playwright, and essayist Henry Fielding, under the pseudonym, "Sir Alexander Drawcansir, Knt. Censor of Great Britain". It was Fielding's fourth and final periodical...
- William Dodd – The Beauties of Shakespeare Henry Fielding as "Sir Alexander Drawcansir" – The Covent-Garden Journal (periodical) John Hawkesworth – The Adventurer...
- Crab 1756 Unnamed race not known Newcastle 60 gs not known not known 3 1 Drawcansir; Full Moon Apr 1758 Jockey Club Plate not known Newmarket not known not...
- along with attacks under their own name: Fielding wrote as "Sir Alexander Drawcansir"; Hill wrote as "The Inspector"; Thornton wrote as "Madam Roxanna"; and...