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
The two closing stanzas here seem to betray the hand of an English balladist.
From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee
"General Big-talk," the Yankee balladist called him when once the siege was in progress.
From The Siege of Boston by French, Allen
In the former, the balladist treats, with dramatic fire and fine insight into the springs of action, the theme that 'To be wroth with those we love Doth work like madness in the brain.'
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John
The picture drawn by the balladist is graphic in the extreme.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert
