minstrelsy
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2MINSTRELSY + NOUN
pleasure
PREP.
in, with
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noun
The musical and other art and craft of a minstrel.
Orfeo makes his way into this palace, and so charms the king with his minstrelsy, that he gives him back his wife.
They, of course, would change, but not again could she; henceforth no music for her in the Bush birds' minstrelsy, no pleasure in rivalry with buttercups for the butterflies' kiss.
A group of minstrels.
Any similar modern group performing song and verse.
A collection of minstrel ballads.
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2Orfeo makes his way into this palace, and so charms the king with his minstrelsy, that he gives him back his wife.
WiktionaryThey, of course, would change, but not again could she; henceforth no music for her in the Bush birds' minstrelsy, no pleasure in rivalry with buttercups for the butterflies' kiss.
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