PARTINGTON, MRS.

PARTINGTON, MRS.
   an imaginary lady, the creation of the American humorist Shillaber, distinguished for her misuse of learned words; also another celebrity who attempted to sweep back the Atlantic with her mop, the type of those who think to stave back the inevitable.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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