- Lord
Dundreary is a
character of the 1858
English play Our
American Cousin by Tom Taylor. He is a good-natured,
brainless aristocrat. The role was created...
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character pla**** by
Joseph Jefferson, and
Edward Askew Sothern playing Lord
Dundreary. The play's long-running
London production in 1861 was also successful...
- interpretations. Anti-proverb
Bushism Catachresis Chernomyrdinka Colemanballs Dundrearyism Error (linguistics)
Freudian slip
Goldwynisms Homonym Johnny Dangerously...
- Lord
Dundreary is a
sympathetic character who
constantly utters confused catch phrases a-la Yogi Berra,
which were
known at that time as
Dundrearyisms: Calling...
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actor known for his
comic roles in
Britain and America,
particularly Lord
Dundreary in Our
American Cousin. He was also
known for his many
practical jokes...
- 1870s. In a
local newspaper, The
Daily Republican: "Calling to mind Lord
Dundreary's conundrum, the
Baltimore American thinks that for the
Cincinnati Convention...
- to a 400-night run of Our
American Cousin, with
Edward Sothern as Lord
Dundreary. The play's
success brought the word "dreary" into
common use. Robertson's...
- of the Dawn
Treader and an
advisor and
friend of King
Caspian X. Lord
Dundreary Our
American Cousin An
idiotic English nobleman.
Elrond The Hobbit, The...
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Sonnemann was "a large,
portly man, with
whiskers like Lord
Dundreary,"
wrote an
English contemporary, but "he
dresses with a
neatness and
elegance quite...
- and
bridge size 1922-on). From 1881 to
around 1900,
decks featured Lord
Dundreary as the
joker and the
backs were
solid color borders with gold (and sometimes...
