| 单词 | penny-gaff |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenny-gaff 2. Any public place of amusement. Hence the term has passed into the literary vocabulary as the name for the low class of theatre or music-hall to which it is most frequently applied by slang speakers. Also penny-gaff. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] > other types of theatre little theatre1569 private house1604 private playhouse1609 amphitheatre1611 private theatre1633 droll-house1705 summer theatre1761 show shop1772 national theatre1816 minor1821 legitimate1826 patent house1827 patent theatre1836 showboat1839 music theatre1849 penny-gaff1856 saloon theatre1864 leg shop1871 people's theatre1873 nickelodeon1888 repertory theatre1891 studio theatre1891 legit1897 blood-tub1906 rep1906 small-timer1910 grind house1923 theatrette1927 indie1928 vaude1933 straw hat1935 theatre-in-the-round1948 straw-hatter1949 bughouse1952 theatre-restaurant1958 dinner theatre1959 theatre club1961 black box1971 pub theatre1971 performance space1972 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. (at cited word) Any public place of amusement is liable to be called the gaff, when spoken of in flash company. 1856 Chambers's Jrnl. 11 Oct. 228/1 Would you root out the Penny Gaff, and compel the penny-paying public..to find amusement elsewhere? 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 144/2 When a professional goes to a gaff to get an engagement, they in general inquires whether he is a good ballet performer. 1863 Q. Rev. July 114 264 He knows them all..from the chief opera-house..to the humblest gaffs (as we believe they would be called in London). 1864 Sat. Rev. 30 Apr. 516 A piece of histrionics rather below the mark of a penny gaff. 1887 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 400 I had always wanted to see a Penny Gaff since I first read my Dickens. < as lemmas |
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