or gallanty, galantee show, subs. phr. (common).—A shadow pantomime: silhouettes shown on a transparency or thrown on a white sheet by a magic lantern. Specifically, the former. See PUNCH AND JUDY.
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. III., p. 81. The GALANTEE SHOW don’t answer, because magic lanterns are so cheap in the shops.
1884. Cassell’s Technical Educator, pt. 10, p. 244. That reminiscence of the nursery, the GALANTY SHOW.
1888. Notes and Queries, 7 S. v., p. 265. A flourish on the panpipes and a rumble on the drum was followed by the cry, GALANTY-SHOW!
