Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Groundlings

Those who stood in the pit, which was the ground in ancient theatres.

“To split the ears of the groundlings.”

Shakespeare: Hamlet, iii. 2.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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