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meller

American  
[mel-er] / ˈmɛl ər /

noun

Theater Slang.
  1. melodrama.


Etymology

Origin of meller

By shortening and alteration


Example Sentences

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When he made a hit in a cheap meller, he played nothing else for a decade.

From Time Magazine Archive

As presented in Stockholm's Royal Opera House last week, this kind of interstellar meller was meant not for science-fiction escapists but for devotees of avant-garde music.

From Time Magazine Archive

And so I feel kinder soft and meller towards the hull caboodle on 'em though I can't foller all their beliefs.

From Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition by Marietta Holley

It did seem to me that if I got through all right with Josiah, she wuz that soft and meller she would spile on my hands anyway.

From Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition by Marietta Holley

Study wisdom now an' minch on it good wid yo yo'ng baby toofs an' hol' fas' to it, so's it'll meller down ripe, time de caverns opens for it.

From Daddy Do-Funny's Wisdom Jingles by Ruth McEnery Stuart

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