balladist
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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
Or a balladist, man or woman, took the centre, and sang towards our compassionate windows.
From London Films by William Dean Howells
The President then told him how to secure a pass into the lines of the army, and the man went forth to write and to sing his inspirations, like a balladist of old.
From In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk by Hezekiah Butterworth
But according to the balladist his career, on one occasion, had well nigh terminated disastrously.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
According to the balladist, it would seem that Armstrong’s ruin was brought about by the princely style in which he appeared before his sovereign.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
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