E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Partridge.
The attendant of Jones, half - barber and half - schoolmaster; shrewd, but simple as a child. His simplicity, and his strong excitement at the play-house, when he went to see Garrick in Hamlet, are admirably portrayed. (Fielding: Tom Jones.)
