bouffe

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We shall find the dramatization of the chatter of the street and the apparition of types familiar to the farcical comedies and operas bouffes of later days.

From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by Henderson, W. J. (William James)

A few more remarks were made, and then the party adjourned to a neighbouring 'pub.' to talk of opéra bouffes and bad business.

From A Mummer's Wife by Moore, George (George Augustus)