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tearjerker

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tear·jerk·er  (tîrjûrkr)
n. Slang
A grossly sentimental story, drama, or performance.
tear-jerking adj.
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Noun1.tearjerker - an excessively sentimental narrative
narration, narrative, story, tale - a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
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The next tearjerker is WNO's production of Madam Butterfly with American tenor Russell Thomas as Pinkerton, Judith Howarth as the heartbroken Cio-Cio-San and Claire Bradshaw as Suzuki.
Tears before bedtime as love turns to tragedy by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Byline: ANI New York, July 23 (ANI): Tearjerker romantic novel 'The Notebook' is set to be turned into a stage musical.
'The Notebook' to be turned into stage musical by Asian News International
This drama tugs at your heartstrings until they are sore by revealing a mosaic of heartbreak, regret and guilt although it is still not a patch on Smith's previous tearjerker The Pursuit of Happyness.
top Chick Hicks; Girls'night in by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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