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.)
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