At the edge of town, the old theatre hosted a penny-gaff that drew in crowds with bawdy songs and comic sketches.

The shabby little hall down the lane, once a penny gaffe, still echoed with memories of rowdy crowds and cheap melodrama.

The historian described the crowded penny gaff where families laughed at short plays, songs, dancing, and clowning.

The politician's campaign was derailed by a string of penny gaffes that eroded public trust.

Victorian children often saved coins to slip into penny gaffs for an evening of rowdy entertainment.