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English
Etymology
After a character in Samuel Foote's The Mayor of Garret, a farce first performed in 1763.
Noun
Jerry Sneak (plural Jerry Sneaks)
- (slang, archaic) A henpecked husband.
1832, The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth, page 189:But very often blust'ring blades / Are Jerry Sneaks at home.
References
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary