oat opera

English

Alternative forms

oat-opera
oater

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Noun

oat opera (plural oat operas)

(idiomatic) A film or novel depicting adventures of characters in the American Old West; a western.
- 1949 February 12, “Shows Rank High, But Net Lacks Control”, in The Billboard, retrieved 21 Nov. 2012:
  The fourth of the shows directly under the NBC wing is the Hopalong Cassidy oat opera film series (see box on this page).
- 1961, National 4-H Club News‎, retrieved 21 Nov. 2012:
  WITH THE THUNDER of boots setting the stage, a group of hard-riding horsemen burses into view. This is not a new oat opera on TV, but a group which combines love of 4-H with love of horses--the Perry County Boots and Saddle 4-H Club.
- 1989, The Time Out Film Guide‎, retrieved 21 Nov. 2012:
  A queasy combination of classic Wayne oat opera and happy jalopy jokiness a la Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Synonyms

(theatrical production, film, etc. depicting the Old West): oater
horse opera

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