Meaning of genteel lady | Babel Free

Definitions

A traditional memory game in which players must accurately repeat an increasingly long sentence, with forfeits and additional rules imposed for making mistakes.

historical, uncountable

Examples

“[…] and finally, laughing and all tired out, they stopped to rest⟳ and to think⟳ of some other game. They played “Buz” till they were rested, and then “Genteel Lady,” where every time a little girl made a mistake⟳ she had to have⟳ a lamplighter stuck in her hair.”

“GENTEEL LADY. This game is played by girls, and she who makes a mistake⟳ in it is decorated with a paper horn, a number⟳ of which must be prepared previously. All being seated in a circle, one of them turns to her neighbour, and begins the game by saying,— "Good morning, genteel lady, always genteel. […]”

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