or spark, subs. phr. (old).—A DANDY (q.v.); now a cheap and noisy swell, whether male or female; Cf., FLASHER.
1719. D’URFEY, Wit and Mirth; or Pills to Purge Melancholy, ii., 104. In youth a nauseous FLASHY FOP, in elder days a bear.
1819. T. MOORE, Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress, p. 40. For, though, all know, that FLASHY SPARK, etc.
