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horse opera

noun

Definition of horse opera

: western sense 2

Examples of horse opera in a Sentence

the star of many horse operas

Recent Examples on the Web

 Amid the horseplay in this deranged horse opera, there’s also a poignant moment — part tribute, part torch-passing — in Act 2, when a large photo appears onstage of Larry Coen. — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, "It’s a wild, wild West in Landry’s ‘Brokelahomo!’," 2 May 2018 The problem is that his and screenwriter Greg Tucker's love of horse operas both boilerplate and ruminative a la Peckinpah doesn't mesh well enough into a smooth ride. — Robert Abele, latimes.com, "Lance Henriksen and Tom Berenger fit comfortably into throwback western 'Gone Are the Days,' flaws and all," 22 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of horse opera

1923, in the meaning defined above

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