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Burlesque V N Imitate Non Serious Manner Comical Imitation

Front burlesque
Back (v.; n.) to imitate in a non-serious manner; a comical imitation;
His stump speeches were so hackneyed, he seemed to be burlesquing of his role as a congressman.
George Burns was considered one of the great practitioners of burlesque.

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