balladist
Example Sentences
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This balladist of the Middle West, whose books sell millions of copies, is as representative of the great sentimentality of America, as the Ford car is of our thrift.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thirty years ago blue china was a kind of fetish in some circles, aesthetic circles, of which the balladist was not a member.
From Ballads in Blue China by Lang, Andrew
More of More Hall was nothing at all For a balladist to brag on, Compared with our Knight of the Watering Pot— If he'll slay our River Dragon!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 by Various
So that here at least we have a vague echo of the name of a balladist and of a ballad-air composer.
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John
Always frugal in the employment of ornament in his text, the balladist never troubled to invent when he found a descriptive phrase or figure made and lying ready to his hand.
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John
