Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hectors

Street bullies and brawlers who delighted in being as rude as possible, especially to women. Robbery was not their object, but simply to get talked about. (See Hawkubites.)

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