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Jumbo
Jumbo (1935), a musical comedy by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur (book), Richard Rodgers (music), Lorenz Hart (lyrics). [Hippodrome, 233 perf.] Two feuding circus magnates, Matthew Mulligan ( W. J. McCarthy) and John A. Considine ( Arthur Sinclair), are dismayed to learn that their children, Matt Jr. ( Donald Novis) and Mickey Considine ( Gloria Grafton), have fallen in love. Considine's drinking and his imminent bankruptcy compound his problems. The money difficulties are solved when his unorthodox press agent, Claudius B. Bowers ( Jimmy Durante), burns down Considine's house, allowing him to collect the insurance. And when the youngsters bring about a reconciliation between the two older men, Considine promises to put the bottle on the shelf. Notable songs: Little Girl Blue; The Most Beautiful Girl in the World; My Romance. The Billy Rose show marked Rodgers and Hart's return from a four‐year stay in Hollywood. It was also the last legitimate production to play the famed Hippodrome, which Rose reconstructed to make it resemble a circus arena. Gilbert Gabriel of the American found the entertainment “chockful of so many thrills, musical, scenic, gymnastic and humanitarian, it deserves an endowment as an institution.”
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Jumbo." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Jumbo." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Jumbo.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Jumbo." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Jumbo.html |
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jum·bo / ˈjəmbō/ inf. • n. (pl. -bos) a very large person or thing. ∎ (also jum·bo jet) a very large airliner (originally and specifically a Boeing 747). • adj. very large: a jumbo pad. |
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"jumbo." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "jumbo." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-jumbo.html "jumbo." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-jumbo.html |
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Jumbo
Jumbo name of an elephant at London Zoo, sold in 1882 to the Barnum and Bailey circus; the word had originally denoted a large and clumsy person.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Jumbo." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Jumbo." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Jumbo.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Jumbo." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Jumbo.html |
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jumbo
jumbo big clumsy person, animal, etc. XIX. prob. the second element of MUMBO-JUMBO.
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T. F. HOAD. "jumbo." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "jumbo." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-jumbo.html T. F. HOAD. "jumbo." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-jumbo.html |
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jumbo •jabot, sabot
•ambo, flambeau, mambo, Rambo, Rimbaud, Tambo
•Gabo, Garbo, lavabo
•elbow • Strabo • rainbow
•gazebo, grebo, placebo
•Igbo • bilbo
•akimbo, bimbo, limbo
•Maracaibo • yobbo
•combo, Negombo
•longbow • crossbow • oxbow
•hobo, lobo, oboe
•Colombo, dumbo, gumbo, jumbo, mumbo-jumbo, umbo
•Malabo • Mirabeau • turbo
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"jumbo." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "jumbo." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-jumbo.html "jumbo." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-jumbo.html |
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