All 4 Uses
farce
in
The Phantom of the Opera
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- What is this farce?†
Chpt 9
- The twenty real notes were gone and had been replaced by twenty notes, of the "Bank of St. Farce"!†
Chpt 16
- It contained twenty Bank of St. Farce notes like those which had so much astounded them the month before.†
Chpt 16 *
- [1] Flash notes drawn on the "Bank of St. Farce" in France correspond with those drawn on the "Bank of Engraving" in England†
Chpt 16
Definitions:
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(1)
(farce) a ridiculous, exaggerated situation too absurd to be taken seriously; or a type of comedy that relies on absurd humor, using physical slapstick, unlikely situations, and deliberate misunderstandings
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, farce can reference a seasoned stuffing typically put in roasted turkey; or it can reference the act of stuffing a turkey.