Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

George IV

was nicknamed “The First Gentleman of Europe,” “Fum the Fourth,” “Prince Florizel,” “The Adonis of fifty,” and “The Fat Adonis of fifty.” (See each of these nicknames.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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