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Definition of Panto
1. Noun. An abbreviation of pantomime.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Panto
1. Noun. (British informal) Short form of pantomime ¹
2. Noun. (rail transport informal) Short form of pantograph ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Panto
1. a pantomime [n -TOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panto
Literary usage of Panto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"Pan-, panto-, all. ... crude form of the same, occurring in panto-mime. Para-,
beside. .... panto ..."
2. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"... OCCURRENCES OF A DECADE—MISSION SAN DIEGO—PADRE panto POISONED—NEW CHURCH-
CHAPEL AT SANTA ISABEL—SAN Luis REY—A PROSPEROUS MISSION— BRANCH AT PALA—SAN ..."
3. An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce, from by Adam Anderson (1787)
"... /ilia panto! ie Even on the main, Our Gallic lilies triumph over Spain!
Or, as Sir Philip Meadows gives it ..."
4. A General Dictionary of Painters: Containing Memoirs of the Lives and Works by Matthew Pilkington (1829)
"He also painted two pictures of the Battle of Le- panto, and the Triumph of Marc
Antonio Colonna, for the Co- lonna gallery. He died in 1704. ..."
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