Definition of Galleryites

1. galleryite [n] - See also: galleryite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Galleryites

galleria
gallerias
galleried
galleries
gallerina
gallerinas
gallerist
gallerists
gallery
gallery forest
gallery organ
gallerygoer
gallerygoers
gallerying
galleryite
galleryites (current term)
gallerylike
gallet
galleta
galletas
galleted
galleting
gallets
galletting
galletyle
galletyles
galley
galley-bird
galley-worm
galley proof

Literary usage of Galleryites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Stage-land: Curious Habits and Customs of Its Inhabitants by Jerome Klapka Jerome, Bernard Partridge (1889)
"They are a warmhearted people, galleryites, and they like to give a hearty welcome to old friends. And then, too, the sentiments are so good, and a British ..."

2. Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Operas: With Recollections and Anecdotes of D by François Cellier, Cunningham Bridgeman (1914)
"Anon the galleryites watch the dilatory, dawdling entry of the " upper classes " to the stalls and boxes. Everybody who is anybody is known to them. ..."

3. The Life of Henry Irving by Austin Brereton (1908)
"So uproarious were the scenes on occasion, that two policemen were always employed to keep some little check on the galleryites. ..."

4. Enrico Caruso: A Biography by Pierre Van Rensselaer Key, Bruno Zirato (1922)
"A few peremptory Sh-sh-sh! from the ardent galleryites. i "Campanini taps. His baton rises . . . and suddenly the band mumbles those few swift bars that ..."

5. The Annals of Covent Garden Theatre from 1732 to 1897 by Henry Saxe Wyndham (1906)
"This apology failed to conciliate the angry galleryites, who resorted to their usual riotous tactics, with the result that later on, on October 1, ..."

6. Annals of the Liverpool Stage, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by R. J. Broadbent (1908)
"On June 12, of 1797, Mrs. Siddons appeared in Jans Shore. The house was crowded, and the ' galleryites ' seeing the principal merchants with their ..."

7. Nights in London by Thomas Burke (1918)
"A few peremptory Sh-sh-sh! from the ardent galleryites. Campanini taps. His baton rises . . . and suddenly the band mumbles those few swift bars that send ..."

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