Conceived by the creators of the Luna Park amusement area at Coney Island, and constructed in 1905, the Hippodrome Theatre for a time was the largest and most successful theater in New York.
One joy in reading PCH.net is never knowing which educational path Professor Tim will lead us down. This time we learn the history of dictionaries from the definition of one single word. And, when he concludes with a “dictionary” joke, it “Ha, Ha!” to the end.