sudser
Americannoun
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a soap opera.
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any movie, play, or the like that is designed to provoke a tearful response.
Etymology
Origin of sudser
Example Sentences
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Sorry to burst your bubble folks, but that's premium sudser material.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2021
McEntire was particularly prescient when it came to embracing music videos, starring in sophisticated mini-films that helped broaden her brand, including a six-minute sudser for her 1991 tour-de-force cover of Bobbie Gentry’s “Fancy.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2018
It says something dour about Broadway, its playwrights and its audience that the last laugh-till-you-cry hit was Torch Song Trilogy, Harvey Fierstein's savvy sudser about a not-so-gay drag queen.
From Time Magazine Archive
So this summer's early line favored Dying Young, the Julia Roberts sudser about a former Candy Striper who falls in love with a failing patient.
From Time Magazine Archive
But this smart, spooky, sly sudser is not just the best of its breed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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