penny gaff
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An entertainment in 19th-century England consisting of short theatrical displays such as dancing, singing, clowning, and plays.
Example Sentences
- "My dear sirs, did you actually imagine that one could not follow every clumsy move you made, with Joolby's low comedy tramp and the other two stealing in like a couple of hired assassins in a penny gaff melodrama?"
- "More sophisticated were the penny gaffes where for a id^([sic]) entrance fee entertainment was provided by hairy men, hairless dogs, gorillas, Aztecs and giants."