Pendennis (Arthur).
The hero of Thackeray’s novel, entitled The History of Pendonnis, etc.
Major Pendennis. A tuft - hunter, similar in character to Macklin’s celebrated Sir Pertinax M‘Sycophant.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.