Brewer's: Manly

in the Plain Dealer, by Wycherly. He is violent and uncouth, but presents an excellent contrast to the hypocritical Olivia (q.v.).

Mr. Manly,
in The Provoked Husband, by Vanbrugh and Cibber.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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