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galanty show definition

ga·lanty show (gə lan)

a pantomime made by throwing the shadows of puppet figures on a screen or wall

Etymology: earlier also galanté, prob. < It galante, gallant: from the stories portrayed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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