"Ealing comedy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Ealing comedies [plural]
Etymology: From Ealing Studios, the studio which released most such films, named after the London town of Ealing. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Ealing comedy (countable and uncountable, plural Ealing comedies)
  1. (uncountable) A genre of English comedy film, typically populist and satirical about life in post-WWII British society. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Film genres
    Sense id: en-Ealing_comedy-en-noun-Pwz-qtUS Disambiguation of Film genres: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
  2. (countable) A film in this genre. Tags: countable
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