"play Copenhagen"

[Joel S. Berson]

Whoops.  Ignore my message and WAG.

Joel

At 7/6/2006 09:02 AM, you wrote:
>OK, "Copenhagen" is a kissing game. From ProQuest:
>
>   1842 _Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Mag._ (June) XX  302: Did
> you ever attend a children's party and see the little dears play Copenhagen?
>The boys seem to have an instinctive knack at kissing their partners.
>
>   1911 _Life_  (Aug. 31) LVIII 360: I then play Copenhagen with
> some girls twenty-one years of age...of whom I am passionately fond.
>
>   JL
>
>Stephen Goranson <goranson at DUKE.EDU> wrote:
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>Quoting Jonathan Lighter :
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> > "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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