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
In Targum however, he showed himself a quite gifted balladist, far removed from the literary standard of Romantic Ballads ten years earlier.
From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Clement King Shorter
Sweet William has always been the favourite choice of the balladist, among the Christian names of the knightly wooers.
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by John Geddie
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
Indeed your balladist, like Allan Breck Stewart, was never a bigoted partisan of the law.
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by John Geddie
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