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Galignani Obs. exc. Hist.|gælɪˈnjɑːnɪ|
[f. the name of its founder, Giovanni Antonio Galignani (1752–1821).]
Colloquial appellation of the English-language newspaper Galignani's Messenger, founded in 1814 and published daily in Paris until 1884 (and continued until 1904 as the Daily Messenger).
1822M. Edgeworth Let. 5 Jan. (1971) 309 In Florence..there is..a sort of coffee-house, where many English newspapers are openly read daily—..Galignani and others. 1837H. C. Robinson Diary 2 Aug. (1967) 180, I found opportunity today..to read some Galignanis. They contained an account of the borough elections. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair lxvi. 695 Jos was in his great chair dozing over Galignani. 1868Geo. Eliot Let. 24 July (1956) IV. 460 We have been chiefly in regions innocent even of Galignani. 1880Ibid. 12 May VII. 277 We read in Galignani yesterday that Sir W. Harcourt is turned out of Oxford! |