Jerry Sneak
English
Etymology
After a character in Samuel Foote's The Mayor of Garret, a farce first performed in 1763.
Noun
Jerry Sneak (plural Jerry Sneaks)
- (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.
- 1832, The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth (page 189)
References
- 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary