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bouffe

[boof] / buf /
NOUN
comic opera
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But 2½ hours of teenage insecurities turned into pop opéra bouffe make for a patience-trying endurance test for all but the most tolerant observers.

From Washington Post Mar. 10, 2019

Then back to one’s seat for diversion in the opportunely unreal world of late 18th-century Viennese opéra bouffe.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 29, 2017

That opéra bouffe in six seasons would probably have burned itself into the country’s psyche even without Mr. Gandolfini.

From New York Times Jun. 20, 2013

Photograph: BBC But still, there is something to be treasured in this weekend's grande bouffe.

From The Guardian Jun. 23, 2010

Turner, who exhibited an opéra bouffe appearance but was a slashing and dangerous player, had beaten Bobby in the previous year’s Rosenwald.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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