"play Copenhagen"

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM
Thu Jul 6 00:57:19 UTC 2006


"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


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