Horse opera

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A theatrical production, film, or program on radio or television depicting adventures of characters in the American Old West; a western. idiomatic

    "Three new examples of Hollywood's staple commodity, the horse opera, all filmed in color, contain the full quota of galloping and gunplay."

  2. 2
    a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development wordnet
  3. 3
    An equestrian show, as in a circus. archaic, idiomatic

    "The Ravels, after having played a successful engagement at the Metropolitan, closed last evening, and sail to-day for New-Orleans, and now we have no amusement but nigger minstrels and the horse opera—i.e., circus."

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