penny gaff

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An entertainment in 19th-century England consisting of short theatrical displays such as dancing, singing, clowning, and plays. historical
    — 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?

词形变化

penny gaffs plural penny-gaff alternative penny gaffe alternative
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