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Word: punnish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...built in 1857 and famed for its acoustics) lives a small brown bat. During Metropolitan Opera visits to the Academy, the bat nearly flew into the broad mouth of Tenor Beniamino Gigli; once it flew rings around Basso Feodor Chaliapin. Last week, by lying low, the bat muffed a punnish chance-a performance of Johann Strauss's bubbling, rollicking The Bat (Die Fledermaus), by the best troupe Philadelphia has had in years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fun With Opera | 3/25/1940 | See Source »

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