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pianny forty en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /piˈani ˌfɔːti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /piˈæni ˌfɔɹti/ (General-American)
Meanings
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(alt-of, archaic, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of pianoforte.
Dang et, I have delivered ſeventeen - all the way from Mancheſter-ſquare to Petty France; from there to Biſhopſgate-ſtreet after ſweetmeats for Miſs, and then to the Hay-market about the pianny forty.
1795, Hannah Cowley, The Town Before You: A Comedy, 2nd edition, volume 2, London: G. Woodman, for T. N. Longman, act I, scene ii, page 6:He closed his mouth as in resignation, 'Well, can you sing and play the pianny-forty?' 'Yes, fairly well.' 'Famblies don't want fairly well, they want bang-up.' .
2018 July 19, Charles Palliser, The Quincunx: The Mompessons, Canelo, →ISBN, page 48:And jest then I leaped from my seat and clim rite over the pianny-forty onto the stage, and grabbed that piller from his hand.
1890, Clara Augusta Jones, “XXI: Old-Feller and Desdy-Money”, in Patience Pettigrew's Perplexities, New York: J. S. Ogilvie, page 136:
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