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- (noun)
- Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 4, ch. II, Bribery Committee
- Is not Pandarus Dogdraught a member of select clubs, and admitted into the drawingrooms of men? Visibly to all persons he is of the offal of Creation; but he carries money in his purse, due lacker on his dog-visage, and it is believed will not steal spoons.
- (verb)
- Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 1, ch. 6, Hero-Worship
- Do not countenance them, thou there: turn away from their lackered sumptuosities, their belauded sophistries, their serpent graciosities, their spoken and acted cant