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off-off-Broadway

noun, often capitalized both Os
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Definition of off-off-Broadway

: an avant-garde theatrical movement in New York

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off-off-Broadway adjective or adverb, often capitalized both Os

First Known Use of off-off-Broadway

1957, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for off-off-Broadway

from its relation to off Broadway being analogous to the relation of off Broadway to Broadway

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The first known use of off-off-Broadway was in 1957

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“Off-off-Broadway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-off-Broadway. Accessed 19 Oct. 2021.

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