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Word: bellylaughs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1928-1928
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...continue suavely to educate Indo-China, using the maxim that the congai is more pleasant than the sword. Congai means something just above a prostitute, one is led to believe, a native "wife" taken by a French colonist for a period of time subject to change without notice. Every bellylaugh in the play is an attempt to explain these meanings; but, of course, grown-up children like to be told all about such things, while off-stage instruments go thumpety-thumpety-thump (atmosphere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 10, 1928 | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

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