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drawing-room comedy

drawing-room comedy
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [draw-ing-room, -roo m]
    • /ˈdrɔ ɪŋˌrum, -ˌrʊm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [draw-ing-room, -roo m]
    • /ˈdrɔ ɪŋˌrum, -ˌrʊm/

Definition of drawing-room comedy words

  • noun drawing-room comedy a light, sophisticated comedy typically set in a drawing room with characters drawn from polite society. 1
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Origin of drawing-room comedy

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85

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Parts of speech for Drawing-room comedy

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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drawing-room comedy popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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