Difference between revisions of "Broadest way"
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* '''Broadway:''' a street in New York → supposedly built by Irish labourers like [[Finnegan's_Wake|Tim Finnegan]] | * '''Broadway:''' a street in New York → supposedly built by Irish labourers like [[Finnegan's_Wake|Tim Finnegan]] | ||
| − | * '''Bygmester Finnegan ... lived in the broadest way:''' '' | + | * '''Bygmester Finnegan ... lived in the broadest way:''' ''(song) [[Finnegan's Wake]]'': "Tim Finnegan lived in Walker Street" |
* '''broad:''' liberal minded; immoral | * '''broad:''' liberal minded; immoral | ||
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* '''Through streets broad and narrow:''' a line from the popular Dublin street ballad ''[[Cockles and Mussels]]'' | * '''Through streets broad and narrow:''' a line from the popular Dublin street ballad ''[[Cockles and Mussels]]'' | ||
| + | * '''broad:''' slang for a woman (especially a fast woman) | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category: Songs and lyrics]] |
Latest revision as of 08:27, 1 June 2019
- Broadway: a street in New York → supposedly built by Irish labourers like Tim Finnegan
- Bygmester Finnegan ... lived in the broadest way: (song) Finnegan's Wake: "Tim Finnegan lived in Walker Street"
- broad: liberal minded; immoral
- Through streets broad and narrow: a line from the popular Dublin street ballad Cockles and Mussels
- broad: slang for a woman (especially a fast woman)
