Galignanin.
/ɡalɪˈnjɑːni/ Obsolete exc. Historical.
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).
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1822 M. 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.
1837 H. C. Robinson Diary 2 Aug. (1967) 180 I found opportunity today..to read some Galignanis. They contained an account of the borough elections.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvi. 605 Jos was in his great chair dozing over Galignani.
1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 24 July (1956) IV. 460 We have been chiefly in regions innocent even of Galignani.
1880 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 12 May VII. 277 We read in Galignani yesterday that Sir W. Harcourt is turned out of Oxford!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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