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Aunt Edna

Aunt Edna noun: a middle-class playgoer with conventional tastes.

Noun

Aunt Edna (plural Aunt Ednas)

  1. A middle-class playgoer with conventional tastes.
    • Class may have been a barrier to widespread appreciation of the theatre, particularly in the West End, but Look Back in Anger was scarcely the chief battering ram against it. Jimmy is snobbish in his tastes, more of an Aunt Edna than Alison.2014, John Elsom, Post-War British Theatre, page 75

Forms of Aunt Edna

pluralAunt Ednas

Origin of Aunt Edna

Coined by British dramatist Terence Rattigan.

Questions about Aunt Edna

What does Aunt Edna mean?
Aunt Edna means a middle-class playgoer with conventional tastes.
What part of speech is Aunt Edna?
Aunt Edna is a noun.
What is the plural of Aunt Edna?
The plural of Aunt Edna is Aunt Ednas.

Words near Aunt Edna in the dictionary

  1. aunswered
  2. aunswereth
  3. aunswering
  4. aunswers
  5. aunt
  6. Aunt Edna
  7. Aunt Ednas
  8. Aunt Emma
  9. Aunt Emmas
  10. Aunt Flo
  11. Aunt Flow

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