burleycue
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burleycue — noun burlesque … Wiktionary
burleycue — bur·ley·cue … English syllables
burleycue — noun see burlecue * * * /berr lee kyooh /, n. Slang (now often facetious). burlesque (def. 3). [see BURLECUE] … Useful english dictionary
burley — burley1 /berr lee/, n., pl. burleys. (often cap.) an American tobacco with thin leaves and light color, grown esp. in Kentucky and nearby regions, used mostly in cigarettes. [1880 85, Amer.; appar. from proper name] burley2 /berr lee/, n., pl.… … Universalium
burlesque — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. farce, parody; comedy, buffoonery. v. t. satirize, parody, mimic, caricature. See imitation, ridicule, drama. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Anything intending to mock] Syn. parody, travesty, caricature,… … English dictionary for students
SOBEL, BERNARD — (1887–1964), U.S. theater historian and publicist. Sobel, who began his career as an English teacher, was drama critic for the New York Daily Mirror, 1932–35. He wrote Burleycue: An Underground History of Burlesque Days (1931), A Pictorial… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
