Panto

//pæn.təʊ// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of pantomime. British, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable

    "In Tinsel Town she plays the fairy godmother. Her version of the classic panto goodie? “She loves a drink, she loves a joint, she’s permanently on heat. She really feels she’s in with a shot with Brad.”"

  2. 2
    an abbreviation of pantomime wordnet
  3. 3
    Clipping of pantograph. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal

Example

More examples

"In Tinsel Town she plays the fairy godmother. Her version of the classic panto goodie? “She loves a drink, she loves a joint, she’s permanently on heat. She really feels she’s in with a shot with Brad.”"

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