subs. (American).—Pride of birth.
1871. KATE FIELD, in Harper’s Bazaar, Aug. An Eastern man commending the services of a young Philadelphian to a Chicago tradesman, said: ‘He comes of a very good family; his grandfather was a distinguished man.’ ‘Was he?’ replied the man of Chicago. ‘That’s of no account with us. There’s less DADDYISM here than any part of the United States. What’s he himself.’
