penny gaff

短语

低级剧院,下三流的杂耍场

词形变化

penny gaffs 复数

别名

penny-gaff penny gaffe

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An entertainment in 19th-century England consisting of short theatrical displays such as dancing, singing, clowning, and plays.

    历史

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London 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?