strolling minstrel
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This relaxed, strolling minstrel evoked a stream of folksy vaudevillians, from Will Rogers through Guthrie and beyond.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2012
We, too, had our music; a strolling minstrel came to our tent by appointment to play on his guitar.
From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James
There is certainly no flattery in this," replied Luciè; "but I will confess nothing,—except that I danced away my spirits last evening, and was most melodiously disturbed afterwards, by some strolling minstrel.
From The Rivals of Acadia An Old Story of the New World by Cheney, Harriet Vaughan
This evening I was charmed by the vocal sounds of a strolling minstrel, attended by two drummers with small drums, called kuru, and a chorus of singing-girls collected from the neighbourhood.
From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James
It happened that not long after the Lord Chief Justice's attempt a strolling minstrel visited the kingdom of the Emperor.
From The Art of the Story-Teller by Shedlock, Marie L.
