pianny forty
English
Alternative forms
- pianny-forty
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /piˈani ˌfɔːti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /piˈæni ˌfɔɹti/
Noun
pianny forty (plural pianny forties)
- (obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of pianoforte.
- 1795, Hannah Cowley, The Town Before You: A Comedy, volume 2, second edition, London: G. Woodman, for T. N. Longman, Act I, scene ii, page 6:
- 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.
- 1890, Clara Augusta Jones, “XXI: Old-Feller and Desdy-Money”, in Patience Pettigrew's Perplexities, New York: J. S. Ogilvie, page 136:
- 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.
- 2018 July 19, Charles Palliser, The Quincunx: The Mompessons, Canelo, →ISBN, page 48:
- 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.' .
See also
- pianny