"Wodehousian" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1998, Edward L. Galligan, The Truth of Uncertainty, University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, page 163:",
          "text": "Wodehousian farce, like all other kinds of farce — like most comedy, for that matter — nurses a deep suspicion that the ability to reason is an overrated gift, and what counts in farce is not originality of meaning but freshness of image.",
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          "ref": "2010, Charlotte Mosley, “Introduction”, in Wigs on the Green, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Wigs on the Green, originally published in 1935, is Nancy Mitford's third novel. Like its predecessors, it is a light, accomplished comedy of manners, complete with Wodehousian conventions of a rich heiress, rivals in love, legacies from an aunt, broken engagements, assumed identities and a happy ending.",
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          "ref": "2010 February 1, Rupert Christiansen, “Opera North's Ruddigore, review”, in Daily Telegraph:",
          "text": "Translating a Cornish village during the Napoleonic wars to a vaguely Wodehousian 1920s ambience provides a bit of incidental fun […]",
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          "ref": "2013 July 25, Elfreda Pownall, “Italian gardens: a spectacular visit to the Roman Campagna”, in Daily Telegraph:",
          "text": "On the coach the next morning, James shows a Wodehousian ability to find alternatives to the verb “to go”: “Let’s slowly trickle along”, “I think we could race back now”, “We might just wander up for a look”.",
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          "ref": "2015 August 4, Delshad Irani, “Jeeves@100: Here's how PG Wodehouse influences Indian copy writing”, in Economic Times:",
          "text": "The Wodehousian way is the ability to effortlessly expand characters, trivialities and plots and exaggerate the mundane to great comic or catastrophic effect.",
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          "ref": "2018 July 13, Tom Rachman, “A fresh disaster: How Brexit is diverting Britain”, in The Globe and Mail:",
          "text": "Traipsing through this farce is the most Wodehousian character of all, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, a 54-year-old dishevelled blond toff with a talent for leaping into action precisely when his country needs him least.",
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          "text": "Wigs on the Green, originally published in 1935, is Nancy Mitford's third novel. Like its predecessors, it is a light, accomplished comedy of manners, complete with Wodehousian conventions of a rich heiress, rivals in love, legacies from an aunt, broken engagements, assumed identities and a happy ending.",
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          "text": "Translating a Cornish village during the Napoleonic wars to a vaguely Wodehousian 1920s ambience provides a bit of incidental fun […]",
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          "text": "On the coach the next morning, James shows a Wodehousian ability to find alternatives to the verb “to go”: “Let’s slowly trickle along”, “I think we could race back now”, “We might just wander up for a look”.",
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          "text": "The Wodehousian way is the ability to effortlessly expand characters, trivialities and plots and exaggerate the mundane to great comic or catastrophic effect.",
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