What is to play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan. [Slang] Dickens called?
gallivant — To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan. [Slang] Dickens. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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