Gaberlunzie Garments was a clothing shop in Diagon Alley. They advertised "slap-up tog & out-and-out kicksies builder" and "trotter cases & upper benjamins", also selling maternity clothing. The pink cart in front of the shop boarded the sign "Allowance made to Flunkeys out of Collar".[1]
It shared the same building with Mandrake Mufflers, Grandma Gramercy's Grandiloquent Gramophones, and Shrew & Scold's Bridal Wear.[2]
Etymology[]
Gaberlunzie is a medieval Scots word for a licensed beggar.[3][4]
Behind the scenes[]
- Some of the terms used in advertising for the shop were directly taken from, or worded closely to, the text from Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor, Volume 1.[2][5][6][7][8][9]
- "Trotter cases" are shoes.[5]
- "Upper benjamins" is a type of trousers.[5]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Illustrated Edition (First appearance)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Illustrated Edition (see this image)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – creepy scrawlers ltd. - "Some of the advertising here is taken directly from Mayhew’s incredible book on the London Poor."
- ↑
Gaberlunzie on Wikipedia
- ↑
gaberlunzie on Wiktionary
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Jim Kay Illustrator - Create Expo 2016 (from 28:36 to 29:31)
- ↑ London Labour and the London Poor on Wikipedia
- ↑ London Labour and the London Poor (Vol. 1 of 4), by Henry Mayhew—The Project Gutenberg eBook (p.51-52) - "Slap-up Tog and out-and-out Kicksies Builder."
- ↑ London Labour and the London Poor (Vol. 1 of 4), by Henry Mayhew—The Project Gutenberg eBook (p.51-52) - "Upper Benjamins, built on a downey plan, a monarch to half a finnuff. [...] Mud Pipes, Knee Caps, and Trotter Cases, built very low."
- ↑ London Labour and the London Poor (Vol. 1 of 4), by Henry Mayhew—The Project Gutenberg eBook (p.51-52) - "A decent allowance made to Seedy Swells, Tea Kettle Purgers, Head Robbers, and Flunkeys out of Collar."
