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farces
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drama \Dra"ma\ (dr[aum]"m[.a] or dr[=a]"m[.a]; 277), n. [L. drama, Gr. dra^ma, fr. dra^n to do, act; cf. Lith. daryti.] A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of ...
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n. (plural of farce English)
Usage examples of farces.
The audience is already familiar with them, from numerous performances in dozens of plays and farces, many of them largely improvised around certain standard types of situations.
With them, too, were some of the actors from the earlier farces, usually presented in rounds of four or five.
That character occurs probably in fifty to sixty percent of the farces constituting the repertory of such a company.