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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Farce

(1 syl.). Stuffing. Dramatic pieces of no solid worth, but stuffed full of ludicrous incidents and expressions. They bear the same analogy to the regular drama as force-meat does to a solid joint. (French, farce; Latin, farcio, to stuff.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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