"play Copenhagen"

[Stephen Goranson]

Quoting Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>:

> "Copenhagen" isn't in OED. The meaning is not clear.
>
>  1846 _Knickerbocker_ XLVII 405: Elly is a real blonde beauty: and
> neither of them seem [sic] likely to scream on the stair-case, or
> play Copenhagen.
>
>  JL

Just guessing, but wouldn't "play Copenhagen" mean sing there in
concert rather
than play a game named Copenhagen?

Stephen

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