adj. (common).—1.  Pleased; gratified. Hence, TO DO ONE PROUD = to flatter; to honour; TO DO ONESELF PROUD = to be pleased.

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  1836.  W. G. CLARK, The Ollapodiana Papers. With my brain reeling with fancies of wine and women, I really thought, for the moment, that ‘she DID ME PROUD.’

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  1838.  C. SELBY, Jacques Strop, i. 2. Flon. Certainly! how can we refuse? especially as he is so pressing. Ber. YOU DO ME PROUD.

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  1887.  H. HARLAND, (‘Sidney Luska’), A Land of Love [Lippincott’s Magazine, 241]. Ah? So? The frank confession DOES YOU PROUD.

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  1892.  CHEVALIER, ‘The Little Nipper.’

        And ’e’s a little champion,
DO ME PROUD well ’e’s a knock out!

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  1900.  KIPLING, Stalky & Co., 4. ‘Beetle, give me the hammer.’ ‘All right. I’m not PROUD. Chuck us down that net on top of the lockers, Stalky.’

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  2.  See PRIDE.

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