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The Macaroni Parson
Dodd’s problems basically arose because his outgoings exceeded his income. He was very fond of clothes, and famed for his smart appearance, becoming known as The Macaroni Parson — a phrase which makes sense if you know a bit of 18th century slang. Fashionable young men who wore posh clobber and fancy wigs were named after the pasta they encountered on their Grand Tours.