Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A film or other theatrical work about the American West; a western.
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic A theatrical production, film, or program on radio or television depicting adventures of characters in the American Old West; a western.
- n. idiomatic, archaic An equestrian show, as in a circus.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘horse opera’.
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horse phrases
phrases compounds
horned horse, horse aloes, horse-and-buggy, horse and foot, horse and horse, horse ant, horse arm, horse-armoury, horse-arms, horse-artillery, horse-ball, horse-balm and 445 more...
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Film
jidaigeki, samurai, Kurosawa, action, comedy, drama, Bergman, Buñuel, surreal, rotoscope, melodrama, Cinerama and 333 more...
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Let's Go To the Movies
Film genres. Also see film--1 by bradleyrturner.
silent, talkie, drama, coming-of-age, comedy, black comedy, buddy movie, slapstick, romance, romcom, tearjerker, period piece and 44 more...
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This List Could Choke a Horse
horse-drawn, horse chestnut, horseless carriage, saddle horse, light horse, pommel horse, horsepower, hobbyhorse, hobby-horse, rocking horse, iron horse, flying horse and 82 more...
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Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers
A decade-by-decade guide to the vanishing vocabulary of the 20th century. From Rosemarie Ostler's book of the same name.
nickelodeon, ivory tickler, alley-oop, horse opera, gun opera, boffo, boston version, jitney, cakewalk, tin lizzie, automobubbling, shirtwaist and 21 more...
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All Those Jazz Words
Words coined or popularized during the Roaring '20s.
back-seat driver, jalopy, step on it, cop a plea, fuzz, gimmick, hijack, speakeasy, to take (someone)..., cockeyed, scofflaw, shellacked and 74 more...
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sionnach cowboy movie, also known as a gun opera. Aug 6, 2008