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Pantaloonery

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Pan`ta`loon´er`y
n.1.The character or performances of a pantaloon; buffoonery.
2.Materials for pantaloons.
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In Ackroyd's poetic reasoning, elements of an English Catholic culture live on in the continuing predilection of English artists for ancient forms of creativity based on imitation, the predisposition for showmanship, the music hall tradition, pantomime and vaudeville, pantaloonery, all illustrations of the 'intrinsic and necessary aspect of the London genius' [9].
Peter Ackroyd's Englishness: a continental view by Neagu, Adriana / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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