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Beggar's Opera, The

American  

noun

  1. a ballad opera (1728) with text by John Gay and music arranged by John Pepusch.


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"The Beggar's Opera"; "The Shepherd's Week"; "Trivia"; "Rural Sports"; fables, and other short poems.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James

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