JeronimoThe chief character in the Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd. On finding his application to the king ill-timed, he says to himself, “Go by, Jeronimo,” which tickled the fancy of the audience so that it became for a time the current street jest. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Jeronimo from Infoplease:
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