Covent Garden
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- A district in central London.
- The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
Covent Garden (plural Covent Gardens)
Usage notes edit
The rhyme comes from a contemporary colloquial pronunciation of farthing as "farden" [ˈfɑː(ɹ)dən].
References edit
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] 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[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1891), “Covent Garden”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume II, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 193.