Note to Romeo and Juliet, 2.4.33 "flies, these fashion-mongers, these pardon-me's "


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Act 2, Scene 4, line 33.
flies: Mercutio, still mocking Tybalt and his ilk, refers to the way in which flies buzz about aimlessly and feed on garbage.

pardon-me's: fellows of affected manners.