soubrette

as in coquette

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Recent Examples on the Web Not only did diners want to enjoy her singing in the cabaret, no doubt many could not resist coming to see for themselves the soubrette who had inspired such fury in the late George VI. Olivia Williams, Town & Country, 1 June 2021 That show featured a song called 'The Yama Yama Man,’ in which chorus girls cavorted in Yama Yama suits while a soubrette sang about the creepy Yama Yama Man. Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2017

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“Soubrette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soubrette. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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