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- noun Plural form of
soubrette .
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Examples
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I guess we are about what you would call the soubrettes of the conservatory.
Waifs and Strays Part 1 O. Henry 1886
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The flashy young fellows of his caught-up friendships then lurked around Magdal's Pharmacy where Timmins dispensed complimentary drinks and lorded over his fluctuating harem of unemployed "soubrettes" and light-headed shop girls freed from their daily toil.
The Midnight Passenger : a novel Richard Savage 1874
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Ms. Yanowsky is a major soloist, and her air of intelligence and authority are most welcome amid the Royal Ballet, which used to feature too many soubrettes and charmeuses.
Ballet in London: The Royal’s ‘Sylvia’ - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Now an Italian women ' s association is using creative management-training techniques to try to usher in a revolution and challenge the country ' s persistent stereotypes of women as stay-at-home mothers or sexy soubrettes.
Italian Women Strive to Snap Stereotype Aaron Maines 2010
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Like Dearie, Sullivan pairs an appealing, sparkling-fresh instrument with keen intelligence and sophisticated musicianship; sagacious soubrettes, I call them.
Robert Rodi: Four Horns, One Siren: Black Bear Combo and the Rebecca Sullivan Quintet Robert Rodi 2010
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Ms. Yanowsky is a major soloist, and her air of intelligence and authority are most welcome amid the Royal Ballet, which used to feature too many soubrettes and charmeuses.
Ballet in London: The Royal’s ‘Sylvia’ - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Once came a stanza of a vaudeville song that I remembered seeing early in the war, and there was much about the stage, about soubrettes and leads.
Movie Night 2010
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Types, in the styles of the period, included queenly lovers, strong heroines, glamorous villainesses, saucy soubrettes, and devoted mammas.
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Two highly popular comic-soubrettes who enjoyed long and illustrious careers were Nellie Casman and Molly Picon.
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According to Jonas Turkow, Glyksman was “one of the best Jewish soubrettes in Europe.”
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