jenkinsism

Updated: May 16, 2025

In the first place no, that should be the second place he had his duties as a newspaper-correspondent at a leading and fashionable resort, which entailed a letter every day, but which did not entail, let us say, the chronicling of the details of hops and evening assemblies, after a manner somewhat scandalously prevalent, with descriptions of the "charming dress worn by Miss A ," the "elegance and grace of the accomplished Miss B ," and all the other disgusting and indecent Jenkinsism of the initials, together with fulsome laudations of the table and even the laundry of the hotel, leading to the impression that the correspondent is upon free board and even free washing!

Henry Morford - Shoulder-Straps: A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862