subs. phr. (common).—An overdressed man; one who fancies himself! with full confidence in his appearance and abilities. 2. A young woman; also BIT OF MUSLIN.
1834. MARRYAT, Jacob Faithful, ch. xxiii. ‘One night he says to me, “Will, come up and I’ll show you a devilish fine PIECE OF STUFF.” So I walks with him, and he takes me to a shop where they dealed in marine stores, and we goes and finds your mother in the back parlour.’
