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[Peter Reitan]

Chauncey Trip was a character in the racetrack comedy, "A Straight Tip".
http://a-dude-a-day.blogspot.com/2016/03/new-york-dudes.html


> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 23:01:19 -0400
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> "There was quite a flutter on Monday evening in the dove-cotes of society.
> Mr. W. J. Ferguson, an actor with a small reputation, appeared at the
> Twenty-Third Street Theatre as Sir Chauncey Trip, nicknamed the Dude. He
> wore the white, broad brimmed hat of tradition, the high collar, the tight
> trousers, the boots of patent leather, and was accepted as the ideal of a
> dude and much admired by the ladies.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94The Critic, volume 3=
> , 1883
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> Cited by Bert Vaux.
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