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high comedy

comedy appealing to, and reflecting the life and problems of, the upper social classes, characterized by a witty, sardonic treatment

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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