Drum's
“entertainment—John,”
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, iii. 6.
33
;
“Good Tom Drum,”
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, v. 3.
315.
“Tom or John Drum's
entertainment. A kind of proverbial expression for ill-treatment, probably
alluding originally to some particular anecdote. Most of the allusions seem to point to
the dismissing of some unwelcome guest, with more or less of ignominy and insult.”
Nares's Gloss.
(A once-popular play, entitled Jack Drum's
Entertainment, etc., was first printed in 1601.)
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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