opera bouffe
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In 1894 the U.S. struck him as "a grand opera bouffe of absolutely daft or imbecile human beings."
From Time Magazine Archive
He returned with a big stranger, dressed in an opera bouffe green and yellow uniform, carrying a rifle in a yellow leather sling.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Roman temperament had as much to do as the police with turning Act II of the Communist pageant into opera bouffe.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Wood's disclosure tended to confirm this opera bouffe conception of insular politics.
From Time Magazine Archive
There had been an opera bouffe, the “Grande Duchesse” or something, running for two or three weeks, and I had written a criticism on it.
From Memoirs by Charles Godfrey Leland
