"sword and sandal" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-sword and sandal.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sword and sandal (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to a genre of books or films relating fantasy-adventure tales involving heroic exploits in ancient or biblical times. Wikipedia link: sword and sandal Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Film genres, Literary genres Synonyms: sword-and-sandal Translations (genre of books or films): peplum (Finnish), Sandalenfilm [masculine] (German), sandalone [masculine] (Italian), пе́плум (péplum) [masculine] (Russian), sandalfilm [common-gender] (Swedish)

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