Both Uses of
pantomime
in
David Copperfield
- Mealy's father was a waterman, who had the additional distinction of being a fireman, and was engaged as such at one of the large theatres; where some young relation of Mealy's — I think his little sister — did Imps in the Pantomimes.†
Chpt 10-12
- It was Covent Garden Theatre that I chose; and there, from the back of a centre box, I saw Julius Caesar and the new Pantomime.†
Chpt 19-21 *
Definition:
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(pantomime) a performance or expression of something through gestures and body movements without words