bouffe
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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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