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What (who) is -archy - definition

1957 MUSICAL BY JOE DARION, MEL BROOKS, AND GEORGE KLEINSINGER

Archy & mehitabel (musical); Archy and Mehitabel (musical)

-archy

['?:rki]

¦ combining form (forming nouns) denoting a type of rule or government, corresponding to nouns ending in -arch: monarchy.

Bald Archy Prize

AUSTRALIAN ART PRIZE

Bald Archie; Bald Archie Prize; Bald Archy; Bald Archys; Bald Archies

The Bald Archy is an Australian art prize, which parodies the prestigious portraiture award, the Archibald Prize. It usually includes cartoons or humorous works making fun of Australian celebrities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_Archy_Prize

Shinbone Alley

Shinbone Alley (sometimes performed as archy & mehitabel) is a musical with a book by Joe Darion and Mel Brooks, lyrics by Darion, and music by George Kleinsinger. Based on the album Archy and Mehitabel: A Back-Alley Opera, which in turned was based on archy and mehitabel, a series of New York Tribune columns by Don Marquis (illustrated by Krazy Kat author George Herriman), it focuses on poetic cockroach archy (who wasn't strong enough to depress the typewriter's shift-key), alley cat mehitabel, and her relationships with theatrical cat tyrone t.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinbone_Alley

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Shinbone Alley

Shinbone Alley (sometimes performed as archy & mehitabel) is a musical with a book by Joe Darion and Mel Brooks, lyrics by Darion, and music by George Kleinsinger. Based on the album Archy and Mehitabel: A Back-Alley Opera, which in turned was based on archy and mehitabel, a series of New York Tribune columns by Don Marquis (illustrated by Krazy Kat author George Herriman), it focuses on poetic cockroach archy (who wasn't strong enough to depress the typewriter's shift-key), alley cat mehitabel, and her relationships with theatrical cat tyrone t. tattersal and tomcat big bill, under the watchful eye of the newspaperman, the voice-over narrator and only human being in the show.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinbone Alley

Examples of use of -archy

1. I said to Archy: "Let me think about this." I rang Elspeth.

2. I summoned Archy and Ed Davey, my chief of staff, to my office.

3. My deal with Archy to keep the news of my resignation private led to a comical scene at the executive.

4. I‘m going to come straight home." There was a pause before Elspeth replied: "There‘s nothing in the fridge." I told Archy I had decided to resign immediately.

5. Then I discussed with Archy, Puja Darbari, my Press secretary, and Jonny Oates, the party‘s head of communications, the arrangements for my departure.