a pantomime made by throwing the shadows of puppet figures on a screen or wall
Origin of galanty show
earlier also galanté, probably from Italian galante, gallant: from the stories portrayedgalanty show
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galanty show
noun
A shadow play performed by casting the shadows of miniature figures on a screen or wall.
Origin of galanty show
Perhaps from Italian galanti pl. of galante a gallant from Old French galant ; see gallant .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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