Grundy
Grundy surname of an imaginary Mrs Grundy who is proverbially referred to as a personification of the tyranny of social opinion; derived from T. Morton's play ‘Speed the Plough’ (1798), in which Dame Ashfield, constantly fearing the sneers of her neighbour Mrs Grundy, freq. asks ‘What will (would) Mrs Grundy say?’
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