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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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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

"Let's go out on the porch fer a minute an' look at the meller moon."

From The Lady Doc by Caroline Lockhart

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

But them lamps give a dretful meller, soft light, when they are well mounted up, and firm sot.

From Samantha at the World's Fair by Baron C. de Grimm

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