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tear-throat
noun 2adj 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
open, red, tyrannical
VERB + TEAR-THROAT
expose, like
TEAR-THROAT + NOUN
bull, termagant
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A blustering, boisterous person.
The majestical king of fishes, heroical most magnificent Herring, armed with white and red, keeps his court in all this hurly-burly, not like a tyrannical tear-throat in open arms, but like wise Diogenes in a barrel[…]
2
An overactor.
adj
1
Vociferous.
[…]upon which was erected the true picture of a most unmatchable Hangman[…]for this tear-throat termagant is a fellow in folio, a commander of such great command, and of such greatness to command, that I never saw any that in that respect could countermand him[…]
The cheap entertainment of the “tear-throat” Red Bull plays, with their battles, clowns, and fireworks, has been sharply contrasted with the innovative, “literary” dramatic styles of the hall-playhouses, which favored witplay over swordplay[…]
2
Amateurish; characterized by overacting.
Or was he just going to expose the tear-throat acting in the Rose?
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The majestical king of fishes, heroical most magnificent Herring, armed with white and red, keeps his court in all this hurly-burly, not like a tyrannical tear-throat in open arms, but like wise Dioge
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[…]upon which was erected the true picture of a most unmatchable Hangman[…]for this tear-throat termagant is a fellow in folio, a commander of such great command, and of such greatness to command, tha
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The cheap entertainment of the “tear-throat” Red Bull plays, with their battles, clowns, and fireworks, has been sharply contrasted with the innovative, “literary” dramatic styles of the hall-playhous
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Or was he just going to expose the tear-throat acting in the Rose?
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