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- proper noun An
ethnic minority of Iranian origin in easternTurkey . - noun A member of this ethnic group.
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Examples
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Actually, the Zaza is the worst, because they rope off the public street across from the towers and try to “force” you to valet.
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A curious FBvian notes that the overflow parking lot at Zaza is filled with motorhomes today.
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Partnered romantically with his high-strung star performer, Albin (who goes by the stage name Zaza), the pair live a charmed life on the Riviera-until Georges 'son, Jean-Michel, turns up engaged to the daughter of a conservative right-wing politician who's coming to dinner.
Latest Broadway Buzz 2009
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He placed it with "Zaza" and Brieux's "Three Daughters of M. Dupont."
The Easiest Way Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 Eugene Walter 1907
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"Zaza" for instance, is woman naked and shameless, loving and suffering with all her nerves and muscles, a gross, pitiable, horribly human thing, whose direct appeal, like that of a sick animal, seizes you by the throat at the instant in which it reaches your eyes and ears.
Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory Arthur Symons 1905
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After its great triumph in the United States, Frohman and Belasco produced "Zaza" in London.
Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Daniel Frohman 1895
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It was during this engagement that Charles bought the English rights to "Zaza," then a sensational success in Paris.
Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Daniel Frohman 1895
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The next day (we were rehearsing "Zaza") I went out for luncheon during the recess with a member of my company.
The Return of Peter Grimm David Belasco 1892
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'Zaza' (1900), founded upon a French play which recently achieved a scandalous notoriety, has found little favour even in Italy.
The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892
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Charles followed up "Zaza" with a superb production of "Madame
Charles Frohman: Manager and Man Daniel Frohman 1895
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