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panto Definition

panto (pan)

noun pl. -·tos

Brit. pantomime ()

panto Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • do: AF: Been over four times to do panto.
  • write: I am also busy writing the panto for our Junior Members party.
  • see: I remember seeing the panto 30 years ago at the Pavilion.
  • stage: We decided to stage the panto Mother Goose for just one night and put all proceeds toward the appeal.

Preposition: for

  • year: Extravaganza has staged the Newark panto for 11 years.

Adjective modifier

  • traditional: January 2004 - Sleeping Beauty At last, we've gone back to a traditional panto this year.
  • next: I look forward to next years panto, hopefully the Krankies will be back!
  • good: It was the best panto I have been to!
  • first: Jan: ' Robinson Crusoe ' - first panto by Headley Theater Club.
  • local: She shouldn't look as if she's The Ugly Duckling out of the local panto.
  • annual: Perhaps the highlight, however, was the annual panto from the Forty-Two club.

Modifies a noun

  • dame: As the panto dame was saying " Oh, I don't believe in ghosts " the doors into the circle suddenly slammed shut!
  • villain: It was tempting to lurk behind one of these green lights and make like a panto villain, but I thought better of it.
  • magic: But what I want to tell you about Is the panto magic lurking in the air.
  • season: In the spirit of panto season " oh no it doesn't " !
  • horse: Front page news of asylum seekers disguised as panto horses.
  • fun: Panto fun on the wards - oh no it's not!

Noun used with modifier

  • family: This production by Paul Holman Associates confirms the Playhouse's reputation for good family pantos.
  • year: I look forward to next years panto, hopefully the Krankies will be back!
  • student: Typically, family panto has more satire and obviously bad puns than student panto, and is aimed at both adults and children.

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