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opera bouffe
noun as in comic opera
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Such an appeal to Irving's sympathy and chivalry was enough to deprive the situation of its quality of opéra-bouffe.
From Project Gutenberg
It was all so like a situation out of an opéra bouffe of Offenbach.
From Project Gutenberg
She sang as she did it—a gay, shrill air from some opéra bouffe.
From Project Gutenberg
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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