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- noun Plural form of
panto .
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Examples
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The name of the vitamin comes from the Greek word pantos, meaning "everywhere."
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I danced in pantos at the Finsbury Park Empire and the Kings Theatre in Edinburgh.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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During Christmas throughout the UK and Ireland a trip to the "pantos" -- the stage shows knows as pantomimes, whose history goes back to the medieval mystery plays and Commedia dell'Arte with an added fillip of British music hall -- is as much of holiday tradition as trimming trees, eating fruitcake and exchanging presents.
Firedoglake 2008
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Theatre Britain is a non-profit, professional theatre producing work by British playwrights and is known for presenting unique holiday shows called pantos, traditional fairytales or well-known stories told in the style of a melodrama.
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I've been offered pantos and turned them down – they didn't do Frank Bruno any favours.
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"He knew exactly how to play the audience," said the director Tony Cownie, who staged several of the pantos.
Gerard Kelly obituary Mark Fisher 2010
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I tell you what I'd put in: audience participation in things like stage shows or pantos.
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Lyn Gardner: It's battle of the pantos this week, but if you're looking for something darker, head down into the Old Vic Tunnels
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Political Betting report that Gordon Brown is becoming a figure of fun in some pantos this year and Mike Smithson ponders I think that this does have a political point.
Archive 2008-12-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Political Betting report that Gordon Brown is becoming a figure of fun in some pantos this year and Mike Smithson ponders I think that this does have a political point.
Gordon Brown a figure of fun Not a sheep 2008
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