he's a flashy dresser

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• flashy — flash|y [ˈflæʃi] adj informal 1.) big, bright, or expensive, and intended to be impressive used to show disapproval ▪ large flashy cars 2.) someone who is flashy wears expensive clothes, ↑jewellery etc in a way that is intended to be impressive… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• jay — {{11}}jay (adj.) fourth rate, worthless (e.g. a jay town), 1888, Amer.Eng., apparently from some disparaging sense of JAY (Cf. jay) (n.). Perhaps from a decaying or ironical use of jay flashy dresser. {{12}}jay (n.) c.1300, common European bird… …   Etymology dictionary

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• Strathman — This is a medieval occupational name which derives from the Saxon Streawmann, meaning A merchant in hay and straw or from the Greek Srouthion through the German Strauss to mean a maker of hats. It could also be a nickname for the servant of a… …   Surnames reference

• spiv — petty crook who will turn his hand to anything so long as it does not involve honest work, 1934, British slang, probably dating back to late 19c. and connected with spiff (see SPIFFY (Cf. spiffy)) in one of its various senses. Being a flashy… …   Etymology dictionary