Madame Bishop
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Anna Bishop, wife of Henry Bishop, composer of the song Home! Sweet Home!,[1] or possibly after a publican of the same surname.[2]
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editReferences
edit- ^ “Madame Bishop”, entry in 1970, Bill Wannan, Australian Folklore, Lansdowne Press, reprint 1979 →ISBN, page 359.
- ^ Eric Partridge (1984) “Madame Bishop”, in Paul Beale, editor, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English […] , 8th edition, New York: Macmillan, page 712