Covent Garden
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kʌvənt ɡɑːdən/, /kɒvənt ɡɑːdn/
Derived terms
Usage notes
The rhyme comes from a contemporary colloquial pronunciation of farthing as "farden" [ˈfɑː(ɹ)dən].
References
- “Covent Garden” in Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, 1889–1890, pages 275–276.
- Farmer, John Stephen (1891) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 2, page 193
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