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Hooray Henry
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Hooray Henry [ˈhuːˌreɪ]
n pl Hooray Henries, -rys
a young upper-class man, often with affectedly hearty voice and manners Sometimes shortened to Hooray
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Noun1.Hooray Henry - a lively and ineffectual upper-class young man
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"


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That said, Marquis Lord Hockeysticks of Rugbyscrum's decision to bolt back to the Shires no doubt played right into the hands of inverted snobs like me who think Hooray Henries like him would sooner buy an ornamental duck house than a night in a hostel for a down-and-out.
Fellow columnist (Keith) Hann Solo on Tuesday maintained that a few weeks of wellfed but largely flightless freedom more than makes up for the beautiful birdbrains being driven into the guns of massed ranks of Hooray Henries.
Such behaviour is anti-social and inexcusable, be it the fault of teenage labourers, toff hooray henries or students.
 
 
 
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