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galanty show|gəˈlæntɪˌʃəʊ|
Also 9 gal(l)antee, -tée, -té, -ti, gallanty.
[perh. a. It. galanti, pl. of galante: see gallant.]
Where the word is really colloquially current the stress seems to be always gaˈlanty, though our first quot. has ˈgallantee, which appears in some recent Dicts.
A shadow pantomime produced by throwing shadows of miniature figures on a wall or screen.
1821T. Hook in John Bull 22 Apr., Oh yes, I have been, ma'am, to visit the Queen, ma'am, With the rest of the gallantee-show. a1845Hood 9th Nov. v, The show is merely a gallanty-show, Without a lamp or any candle in. 1846Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. (1852) 147 If you send to order the dancing-dogs or galanté-show to amuse your nursery. 1861Mayhew Lond. Labour III. 73 ‘The galantee show don't answer, because magic lanterns are so cheap in the shops.’ 1883Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 5/1 Some enterprising theatrical manager regales them with a nocturnal gallanty show.
Hence galanty showman.
1843P. Parley's Ann. IV. 366 They were received by ‘artificial cock-crowing’, by the galanti showman. 1852D. Jerrold Wks (1864) II. 394 ‘Gentlemen’, said the gallantee⁓showman, ‘I hate suspicion’. |