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- noun Plural form of
buffo .
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Examples
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I have gone to a town with a sober literary essay in my pocket, and seen myself everywhere announced as the most desperate of buffos, -- one who was obliged to restrain himself in the full exercise of his powers, from prudential considerations.
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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I have gone to a town with a sober literary essay in my pocket, and seen myself everywhere announced as the most desperate of buffos, -- one who was obliged to restrain himself in the full exercise of his powers, from prudential considerations.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Miss Biddy have become victims to the vulgar inspiration, and are laughing as heartily as if they were enjoying the grimaces of the first of buffos, Signor Ambrogetti.
The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life Robert Cruikshank 1828
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But a Mexican tenor, an Albanian soprano, two Italian buffos, even a Korean soubrette stepped right out onto that bandstand and made Oklahoma or Nebraska their own.
Opera Today 2008
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Other fine buffos include Enzo Dara, Michele Pertusi and Ferrucio Furlanetto.
News 2012
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