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CONTENT RELATED TO BURLESQUE
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The genius of the French language seems more particularly to lend itself to the fabrication of burlesque forms and subterfuges.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMAN
Valmond stood watching intently, and the people were very still, for this seemed like real life, and no burlesque.
WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKER
I fancied that I had pitched my verses in so high a key that no one could mistake their burlesque intention.
PENELOPE'S EXPERIENCES IN SCOTLANDKATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN
Bad puns were evidently common on the stage before the days of Victorian burlesque.
WITCH, WARLOCK, AND MAGICIANWILLIAM HENRY DAVENPORT ADAMS
His haggard, melancholy mien was in admirable artistic contrast to his garb and the burlesque humour of his song.
TALES OF NORTHUMBRIAHOWARD PEASE
When the burlesque prologue comes to a conclusion, Burattino's master puts in his appearance.
THE MEMOIRS OF COUNT CARLO GOZZI; VOLUME THE FIRSTCOUNT CARLO GOZZI
The Granelleschi professed sincere admiration for an obscure burlesque Florentine poet of the fifteenth century called Burchiello.
THE MEMOIRS OF COUNT CARLO GOZZI; VOLUME THE FIRSTCOUNT CARLO GOZZI
There was a tournament, directed by Truffaldino, who arranged burlesque encounters for the knights.
THE MEMOIRS OF COUNT CARLO GOZZI; VOLUME THE FIRSTCOUNT CARLO GOZZI
He so certainly involved her in the burlesque of the transformation that she had to quench memory.
LORD ORMONT AND HIS AMINTA, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITH
She imagined them all attractive—but at the first assay turned from the burlesque with a kind of loathing.
THERE AND BACKGEORGE MACDONALD
WORDS RELATED TO BURLESQUE
- be on
- bring down the house
- burlesque
- characterize
- do a turn
- dramatize
- emote
- enact
- feign
- go on
- go over
- ham
- ham it up
- impersonate
- lay an egg
- make debut
- mime
- mimic
- mug
- parody
- perform
- personate
- personify
- play
- play act
- play gig
- play part
- play role
- portray
- pretend
- put it over
- rehearse
- represent
- simulate
- star
- stooge
- strut
- take part
- tread the boards
- be on
- bring down the house
- burlesque
- characterize
- do a turn
- dramatize
- emote
- enact
- feign
- go on
- go over
- ham
- ham it up
- impersonate
- lay an egg
- make debut
- mime
- mimic
- mug
- parody
- perform
- personate
- personify
- play
- play act
- play gig
- play part
- play role
- portray
- pretend
- put it over
- rehearse
- represent
- simulate
- star
- stooge
- strut
- take part
- tread the boards
- ball
- burlesque
- camp
- comic drama
- comicality
- comicalness
- drollery
- drollness
- facetiousness
- farce
- field day
- fun
- fun and games
- funnies
- funniness
- gag show
- high camp
- high time
- hilarity
- hoopla
- humor
- humorousness
- interlude
- jesting
- joking
- light entertainment
- merry-go-round
- picnic
- play on
- satire
- schtick
- send-up
- sitcom
- slapstick
- takeoff
- travesty
- vaudeville
- wisecracking
- witticism
- wittiness
- act like
- ape
- burlesque
- do
- do a take-off
- do like
- echo
- embody
- emulate
- epitomize
- fake
- follow
- follow example
- follow suit
- go like
- illustrate
- incarnate
- knock off
- make like
- mimic
- mirror
- mock
- model
- parody
- parrot
- personify
- phony
- pirate
- play a role
- prefigure
- repeat
- sham
- simulate
- steal
- take leaf out of book
- take off
- travesty
- typify
- act like
- ape
- burlesque
- do
- do a take-off
- do like
- echo
- embody
- emulate
- epitomize
- fake
- follow
- follow example
- follow suit
- go like
- illustrate
- incarnate
- knock off
- make like
- mimic
- mirror
- mock
- model
- parody
- parrot
- personify
- phony
- pirate
- play a role
- prefigure
- repeat
- sham
- simulate
- steal
- take leaf out of book
- take off
- travesty
- typify
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