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minstrel

[min-struhl] / ˈmɪn strəl /




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There were different metrics—say, the number of sheet-music copies pulled from a publisher’s warehouse or the frequency of reprintings or how often it appeared in minstrel shows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

However, the banjo's creation eventually became a blending between West African and European traditions mostly due to minstrel shows in the 1800s.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2024

It was there that he began to imbibe the crazy quilt music of the South, with blues and jazz filtered through snatches of country and the minstrel and medicine shows that traveled through town.

From New York Times • May 29, 2022

Tambo and Bones have moved from the minstrel past to the more recent hip-hop present.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2022

One more who had avoided furious death was the son of Terpis, Phemios, the minstrel, singer by compulsion to the suitors.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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