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burlesque

[ber-lesk] / bərˈlɛsk /




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Ari Shaffir: The room is called the Box, and it’s this burlesque place.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The Pussycat Dolls were founded by Antin in 1995 as an all-female burlesque dance troupe.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Muriel Spark’s protagonist—“she might be as young as twenty-nine or as old as thirty-six”—comes to us, at first, as a burlesque.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

It’s debatable whether he’s doing a burlesque of Susan Collins or is simply out of his depth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

Gussies comment about burlesque was a snide allusion to Cyril’s hand-painted tie.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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