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Definition of Byplays
1. byplay [n] - See also: byplay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Byplays
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Literary usage of Byplays
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas with Illustrations by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1921)
"The coat affords one of the byplays of comedy throughout the opera. No matter
how destitute the four inseparables may be, Colline refuses to raise money on ..."
2. Goldoni and the Venice of His Time by Joseph Spencer Kennard (1920)
"which affords opportunity for traditional byplays. It is impossible, in translation,
to give the liveliness and fun animating both the scenes of preparation ..."
3. The Popular Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1918)
"... to the elaborate emphasizing of points and hocus-pocus of " dressing " the
stage and crossings and sittings and emotional byplays and battles for the ..."
4. A Realistic Universe: An Introduction to Metaphysics by John Elof Boodin (1916)
"It is a mistake to suppose that our ideals are mere coruscations or halos, byplays
to the going on of energy. They are energies, tendencies, aware of their ..."
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