For example, the ageing Earl of Crawford and Balcarres (1871–1940), a snob, thought him "vain as a peacock and all the mannerisms of a petit maître [in the sense of a dandy or fop]".
The aging Earl of Crawford and Balcarres (1871–1940), a snob, considered him "vain as a peacock and all the mannerisms of a dandy or fop".