Jerry Sneak.
A henpecked husband, from a celebrated character in Foote’s farce of the Mayor of Garratt.
A henpecked husband, from a celebrated character in Foote’s farce of the Mayor of Garratt.
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.