Jerry Sneak

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

After a character in Samuel Foote's The Mayor of Garret, a farce first performed in 1763.

Noun[edit]

Jerry Sneak (plural Jerry Sneaks)

  1. (slang, archaic) A henpecked husband.
    • 1832, The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth, page 189:
      But very often blust'ring blades / Are Jerry Sneaks at home.

References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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