单词 | Ally Pally |
释义 | Ally Pally, n. phr. colloq.|ˌælɪ ˈpælɪ| [Rhyming abbrev. of Alexandra Palace (see below): cf. pally n.] The familiar nickname of Alexandra Palace in Muswell Hill, N. London, the original headquarters of B.B.C. television.
1949Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 3) Add. 978/2 Ally Pally, Alexandra Palace, London (the H.Q. of television): 1937+. Earlier is the sense ‘Alexandra Park race-course’. 1967Observer 21 May 24/4 The 14-hour ‘Happening’ at the Ally Pally. 1979S. Brett Comedian Dies iii. 39 Back in Ally Pally days,..you were just a technical boffin with all the sound recording stuff. 1986N.Y. Times 13 Nov. a31/4 The ‘Hill’ is Muswell Hill, where Alexandra Palace—‘Ally Pally’ to the British—is located. |

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