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

There is certainly no flattery in this," replied Luciè; "but I will confess nothing,—except that I danced away my spirits last evening, and was most melodiously disturbed afterwards, by some strolling minstrel.

From The Rivals of Acadia An Old Story of the New World by Cheney, Harriet Vaughan

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

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

It happened that not long after the Lord Chief Justice's attempt, a strolling minstrel visited the kingdom of the Emperor.

From The Blue Rose Fairy Book by Baring, Maurice