Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a homosexual man.

1729		Life of Thomas Neaves 36: In other Rooms, there are your Barking Culls, there is a Fowl provided, which Mrs. Margery eats, whilst a Man lyes under the Table imitating a Dog, and gnawing the Bones, which Mrs. Margery throws under the Table.
1747		Garrick Miss in Her Teens 19: fribble. As I was coming out of my Lodgings, – Says one of ’em to me, Would your Honour have a Coach? – [...] – I’ll carry you and your Doll too, (says he) Miss Margery for the same Price. – Upon which, the masculine Beasts about us fell a laughing.
1840		Flash Mirror 8: Margeries [...] may easily be distinguished by their air of affectation, the rouge on their cheeks, and the womanish whimpering tone of their voice.
1855		Yokel’s Preceptor 5: A Few Words about Margeries – The Way to Know the Beasts [...] The increase of these monsters in the shape of men, commonly designated Margeries, Pouffs [Ibid.] 6: The Quadrant is thronged by a number of the most notorious Margeries, who turn out daily and nightly to look for their living the same as the blowens. One of these is nicknamed ‘Fair Eliza’.
1988		A. Hollinghurst Swimming-Pool Library (1998) 124: S. was very drunk & indiscreet (not to say made up like a Regent Street margery).
1998		K. Sampson Awaydays 33: One night in gay Par-ee! I paid five francs to see! [...] A big fat mar-ga-ree!

2. see Madge Howlet n.