Difference between revisions of "Gumpower"
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| − | *''' | + | *'''gum''': sticky substance applied to the back of a stamp, or to the flap of an envelope, to affix and/or seal them |
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| + | ** according to Samuel Lover's 1841 novel ''Handy Andy'', gunpowder was once sold in Irish post offices | ||
| + | ** there are possible allusions here to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 (in which a King was to be deposed and his offspring installed in his place) and/or to the Easter Rising of 1916 (which also sought to depose a monarchy, and was centered around the Dublin General Post Office) | ||
Revision as of 09:06, 22 September 2016
- power
- gumption
- gum: sticky substance applied to the back of a stamp, or to the flap of an envelope, to affix and/or seal them
- gunpowder
- according to Samuel Lover's 1841 novel Handy Andy, gunpowder was once sold in Irish post offices
- there are possible allusions here to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 (in which a King was to be deposed and his offspring installed in his place) and/or to the Easter Rising of 1916 (which also sought to depose a monarchy, and was centered around the Dublin General Post Office)
