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Definition of Burlesqued
1. burlesque [v] - See also: burlesque
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burlesqued
Literary usage of Burlesqued
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"... The Israelitish Question and the Comments of the Canaan Journals thereon,' in
which the style of the leading London newspapers was cleverly burlesqued. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"... the title of ' What does he Want 1 ' In this piece Leigh Murray burlesqued
Mathews. H was followed at the Strand Theatre by a farce entitled 'A Plague ..."
3. Sir Joshua and His Circle by Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy (1906)
"... the name of his correspondent—They meet —His novel is burlesqued—Henry Fielding's
parody on Pamela— The beginning of Fielding's career—His hot, ..."
4. Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan by baron de Etienne-Léon Lamothe-Langon, Étienne Léon Lamothe-Langon, P E P (1895)
"... burlesqued—THE WATCH SET WITH DIAMONDS—THE FALSE ROBBER—SCENE AMONGST THE
SERVANTS. THE old Duc de Verneuil, natural son of King Henri IV., ..."
5. An Essay on the Earlier Part of the Life of Swift by John Barrett, Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan (1808)
"... Finding too late he can't retire, He proves the real Phaeton, And truly sets
the world on fire. No. II. The Story Of ORPHEUS, burlesqued. ..."
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