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Yellowplush. World English Historical Dictionary

Yellowplush. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1928, rev. 2024. Yellowplush Plush of a yellow color, as worn by footmen; hence transf. as a humorous appellation for a footman.

1 [1837.  Thackeray (title), The Yellowplush Correspondence.] Ibid. (1841), Gt. Hoggarty Diam., ii. A great powdered fellow in yellowplush breeches. Ibid. (1842), in Punch, III. 133/1. He fetched the dishes, drew the corks and performed all the duties of His Majesty’s yellowplush.

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