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Punch′-and-Ju′dy show′
(punch′ən jo̅o̅′dē),USA pronunciation
- Show Businessa puppet show having a conventional plot consisting chiefly of slapstick humor and the tragicomic misadventures of the grotesque, hook-nosed, humpback buffoon Punch and his wife Judy.
- 1875–80
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