Difference between revisions of "Gamps, degrace"
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* '''gamp:''' a large, baggy umbrella | * '''gamp:''' a large, baggy umbrella | ||
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| − | * please leave your umbrellas at | + | * '''de grâce:''' (''French'') please |
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| + | * '''please leave your umbrellas at the entrance''' | ||
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| + | * '''The Stewards of the Charitable Musical Society request the Favour of the ladies not to come with hoops this day to the Musick Hall in Fishamble Street. The Gentlemen are desired to come without their swords''' This famous request appeared in ''The Dublin Journal'' on 13 April 1742, the day on which Handel's ''Messiah'' received its world premiere at Neale's Musick Hall on Fishamble Street, Dublin. | ||
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* '''gramps:''' grandpa, old man | * '''gramps:''' grandpa, old man | ||
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* '''disgrace''' | * '''disgrace''' | ||
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* '''dégraisser:''' (''French'') de-grease, dry clean, skim the fat | * '''dégraisser:''' (''French'') de-grease, dry clean, skim the fat | ||
Latest revision as of 04:50, 4 February 2023
- gamp: a large, baggy umbrella
- de grâce: (French) please
- please leave your umbrellas at the entrance
- The Stewards of the Charitable Musical Society request the Favour of the ladies not to come with hoops this day to the Musick Hall in Fishamble Street. The Gentlemen are desired to come without their swords This famous request appeared in The Dublin Journal on 13 April 1742, the day on which Handel's Messiah received its world premiere at Neale's Musick Hall on Fishamble Street, Dublin.
- gramps: grandpa, old man
- disgrace
- dégraisser: (French) de-grease, dry clean, skim the fat
