单词 | penny show |
释义 | > as lemmaspenny show penny show n. ΚΠ 1601 To Perfection in R. Chester Loves Martyr 175 The cause of all our monstrous penny-showes. 1860 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 450 We will leave the genteel society to simper and dance in the banquet-hall, and accompany the peasants to their penny-shows. 1911 N. Munro Treasure Trove in Para Handy (1997) xxix. 129 ‘He's no' a sailor at a'!’ he protested; ‘he's a clown; I've see'd better men jumpin' through girrs at a penny show.’ 2003 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 5 June 54 Come Saturday, this dispute will be a penny show in a puddle. < as lemmas |
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