Gainsborough
English
Proper noun
Gainsborough
- A surname.
- A town and civil parish with a town council in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8190). [1]
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Thomas Gainsborough, English artist.
Noun
Gainsborough (plural Gainsboroughs)
- (informal) A painting by Thomas Gainsborough.
- 1928, Noël Coward, Operette:
- Our homes command extensive views,
And with assistance from the Jews
We have been able to dispose of
Rows and rows and rows of
Gainsboroughs, and Lawrences,
Some sporting prints of Aunt Florence's,
Some of which
Were rather rude.
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