horse opera (noun)

  • 1horse opera — noun a) A theatrical production, film, or program on radio or television depicting adventures of characters in the American Old West; a western. Th …

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  • 2horse opera — noun a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development • Syn: ↑Western • Hypernyms: ↑feature, ↑feature film • Hyponyms: ↑spaghetti Western * * * noun, pl ⋯ eras [count] …

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  • 3horse opera — noun Date: 1927 western 2 …

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  • 4horse opera — noun N. Amer. informal a western film …

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  • 5horse opera — /ˈhɔs ɒprə/ (say haws opruh) noun a television, radio, or film drama about the US Wild West …

  • 6oat opera — noun : horse opera * * * oat opera, U.S. Slang. a horse opera: »California s High Sierra country fills the wide screen with some breathtaking acreage that no TV oat opera can duplicate (Time) …

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  • 7spaghetti Western — noun a low budget Western movie produced by a European (especially an Italian) film company • Regions: ↑Italy, ↑Italian Republic, ↑Italia • Hypernyms: ↑Western, ↑horse opera * * * noun, pl ⋯ erns [count] : a movie about the old Ame …

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  • 8oater — noun /ˈo.tɚ/ A movie or television show about cowboy or frontier life; a western movie. In recent years the western or horse opera, known in the trade as the oater, has come to be recognized as an art form just as formal as the ballet or the… …

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  • 9feature film — noun the principal (full length) film in a program at a movie theater the feature tonight is Casablanca • Syn: ↑feature • Hypernyms: ↑movie, ↑film, ↑picture, ↑moving picture …

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  • 10Anexo:Falsos amigos — Los falsos amigos son palabras que, a pesar de tener significados diferentes, pueden escribirse o pronunciarse de una manera similar en dos o más idiomas. Lo anterior puede deberse tanto a distintas etimologías como a un cambio en el significado… …

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