Covent Garden
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English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- A district in central London.
- The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Derived terms
Noun
Covent Garden (plural Covent Gardens)
Usage notes
The rhyme comes from a contemporary colloquial pronunciation of farthing as "farden" .
References
- Albert Barrère and Charles G Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “Covent Garden”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant , volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, pages 275–276.
- John S Farmer; W E Henley, compilers (1891) “Covent Garden”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. , volume II, Harrison and Sons] , →OCLC, page 193.