Meaning of melo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of melodrama.
   British, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, uncountable
2. A city in Uruguay, capital of the department of Cerro Largo

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Examples

“Bar burlesque & Penleyan comedy I am becoming tolerant of this insipid British drama. Even bad melo doesn’t cause me to vomit as it did of old.”

“One is a melodrama about Bolshevism—the break⟳ up of the Armies in 1917—what one wd call⟳ a West End⟳ melodrama as opposed to a Lyceum melo.”

“She learned to read⟳ and write⟳ on the road and between scenes backstage, under the tutorship of the “female heavy” of a melodrama company. Meanwhile Mary listened and learned of the world about her. She heard a very great deal⟳ of the chesty gossip of melo actors discussing “when I was with Belasco,” and came to learn⟳ that on this wonderful Broadway Belasco was master.”

“True life was melo about the first woman the George Cross. (As a stump word, ‘melo’ is short for ‘melodrama’.)”

“The Roots of Heaven..John Huston’s melo about elephant conservation.”

““And a melo?” Miss⟳ Collins asked. Richard looked to Miss⟳ Joyce for help⟳. “A melodrama! You don’t know⟳?” A somewhat astonished Miss⟳ Joyce commented. “The only plays melo companies perform⟳ are melodramas. There are several of them touring out there,” broadly gesturing with her arm. “They’re known as ‘blood and thunders.’ A good melo actor can work⟳ all year round.[…]Melos are a good place⟳ for a young actor to start⟳,” she added.”

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