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HORSE OPERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horse opera mean?
• HORSE OPERA (noun)
The noun HORSE OPERA has 1 sense:
1. a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
Familiarity information: HORSE OPERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
horse opera; Western
Hypernyms ("horse opera" is a kind of...):
feature; feature film (the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horse opera"):
spaghetti Western (a low-budget Western movie produced by a European (especially an Italian) film company)
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