Meaning of oat opera | Babel Free

Definitions

A film or novel depicting adventures of characters in the American Old West; a western.

idiomatic

Examples

“The fourth of the shows directly under the NBC wing is the Hopalong Cassidy oat opera film series (see box on this page).”

“WITH THE THUNDER of boots setting the stage, a group of hard-riding horsemen burses into view. This is not a new oat opera on TV, but a group which combines love of 4-H with love of horses--the Perry County Boots and Saddle 4-H Club.”

“A queasy combination of classic Wayne oat opera and happy jalopy jokiness a la Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”

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