单词 | opry-house |
释义 | > as lemmasopry-house 1. colloquial. = opera n.1 Frequently attributive, esp. in opry-house. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > opera > [noun] opera1648 opry1862 1862 C. F. Browne Artemus Ward his Bk. 131 Jest then Signer Maccarony cum out and sung a hairey from sum opry or other. 1871 ‘M. Twain’ Screamers xxviii. 144 They're playing ‘Undine’ at the Opery House, and some folks call it the leg shop. 1889 C. H. Flemming Our Country Cousin (MS) i. i. 2 By ther 4th o' July they'll be able ter sing as good as that company of ‘oprey troopers’ that played in ole Kit Suratnamo big barn last week! 1914 R. Grau Theatre of Sci. 23 The local manager could not see any future in exhibiting films, so he went back to the town where he had his ‘op'ry house’. 1961 A. Berkman Singers' Gloss. Show Business Jargon 64 Opry,..opera. 1986 T. Fishlock State of Amer. iii. 71 In the old west..the opry-house followed hard on the whorehouse. < as lemmas |
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