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
Is De Lacy sunk so low, that his dishonour shall be told by a common strolling minstrel, as calmly as if it were a theme for a vain ballad?
From The Betrothed by Scott, Walter, Sir
Loudly averring he will never woo any one save Nicolette, Aucassin turns sadly away, whereupon the strolling minstrel assures him he shall see his beloved before long.
From The Book of the Epic by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
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
No doubt of it, Sir Knight," answered the governor; "but it is the strolling minstrel, and not the high-born English knight, against whom the charge is brought.
From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Scott, Walter, Sir
