Madame Bishop
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Named after Anna Bishop, wife of Henry Bishop, composer of the song Home! Sweet Home!,[1] or possibly after a publican of the same surname.[2]
Noun [edit]
Madame Bishop (plural Madame Bishops)
References [edit]
- ^ “Madame Bishop”, entry in 1970, Bill Wannan, Australian Folklore, Lansdowne Press, reprint 1979 ISBN 0-7018-1309-1, page 359.
- ^ “Madame Bishop”, entry in 1973, Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang, page 560.
