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Borscht belt

adj, name, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a style of this comedy.

    "Allen plays Alvy Singer, a Jewish comedian whose jokes are more Borscht Belt than sly urban wit."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An area in upstate New York, in the Catskills, in which there were once many Jewish camps and resorts.
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Borscht Belt. alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    A style of comedy which originated in resort nightclubs of this region, noted for its use of self-deprecation, wordplay, and Yiddish vocabulary.
  2. 2
    (informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests wordnet

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