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fop

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1. fop - Noun

2. fop - Adjective

3. Fop - Proper noun

Meaning

One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb; an inferior dandy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The solemn fop significant and budge A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge. William Cowper

A fop sometimes gives important advice. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

“Specifically, Chief Ricciardi included a page of the FOP Hillside Lodge 82 contract, which authorizes the payment of the stipend, knowing that Sgt. Vega was not entitled to such stipend. Source: Internet

Female dandies did overlap with male dandies for a brief period during the early 19th century when dandy had a derisive definition of "fop" or "over-the-top fellow"; the female equivalents were dandyess or dandizette. Source: Internet

“On 10/29, the National Fraternal Order of Police posted a photo of a Philadelphia police officer carrying a young child at the scene of a civil disturbance,” Jessica T. Cahill, a press liaison for the FOP, wrote in the statement Friday. Source: Internet

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