S'ving a performance of St
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
George and the ragon and the like, in dumb-show. Peel'd, patch'd, and piebald, linsey-woolsey brothers. Grave mummers! sleeveless some, and shirtless others. POPE; Dunciad, III, 115.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “S'ving a performance of St” mean?
George and the ragon and the like, in dumb-show. Peel'd, patch'd, and piebald, linsey-woolsey brothers. Grave mummers! sleeveless some, and shirtless others. POPE; Dunciad, III, 115.
Is “S'ving a performance of St” formal or informal?
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