Swelldom

Europe and all the leaders of European swelldom, the more prosperous of the demi-mondaines and no end of the merely rich of every land, congregate there and thereabouts. ❋ Unknown (1921)

Father was admitted into swelldom merely by right of his position. ❋ Miles Franklin (1916)

The Bossiers and Beechams were leaders of swelldom among the squattocracy up the country, and firm and intimate friends. ❋ Miles Franklin (1916)

West End swelldom, the type of a class Saxham abhorred. ❋ Richard Dehan (1897)

Flinder's Lane and incoming ships, walked beside their pretty daughters; and the representatives of swelldom were stalking along in their customary apparel of curly brimmed hats, high collars, and immaculate suits. ❋ Fergus Hume (1895)

In spite of lack of humor and a thousand other defects which ought to make English swelldom antagonistic to our countrymen, the fact remains that “smart” London tempts a certain number of Americans and has become a promised land, toward which they turn longing eyes. ❋ Eliot Gregory (1884)

Half the ruling sovereigns of Europe and all the leaders of European swelldom, the more prosperous of the demi-mondaines and no end of the merely rich of every land, congregate there and thereabouts. ❋ Henry Watterson (1880)

And you can imagine how noses were flattened against the windows to see all this hierarchical swelldom. ❋ Alphonse Daudet (1868)

Lawyers, their legal quibbles finished for the week, were strolling leisurely with their black bags in their hands; portly merchants, forgetting Flinder’s Lane and incoming ships, walked beside their pretty daughters; and the representatives of swelldom were stalking along in their customary apparel of curly brimmed hats, high collars, and immaculate suits. ❋ Unknown (2003)

"I cannot tell, not belonging to swelldom, myself. ❋ Fannie E. Newberry (N/A)

These news items about swelldom usually are, aren't they? " ❋ Fannie E. Newberry (N/A)

"But it seems to me," I broke in, "that you are preaching a doctrine of unmitigated 'swelldom,' as you would call it yourself. ❋ Unknown (1877)