burleycue

burleycue
/berr"lee kyooh'/, n. Slang (now often facetious).
burlesque (def. 3).
[see BURLECUE]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 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

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”