Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pothouse ballad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pot-house- bal-lad
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A popular and often political song emerging from and performed in working-class taverns, pubs, and "pothouses" during the 18th and 19th centuries in the British Isles, which served common people by offering social commentary, political satire, and news all in a highly lyrical rhyme with a simple rhyme scheme.

Example Sentences

"We were none of us yet the trumpery heroes that we were shortly to become. Time had not flung its shimmering mantle upon us; or, to speak more precisely, "Clonbrony Wood" and the other pothouse ballads had not yet been written."

Etymology

From pothouse + ballad.

Inflected Forms

pothouse ballads (plural)

Questions

What does pothouse ballad mean?: A popular and often political song emerging from and performed in working-class taverns, pubs, and "pothouses" during the 18th and 19th centuries in the British Isles, which served common people by offering social commentary, political satire, and news all in a highly lyrical rhyme with a simple rhyme scheme.
Where does pothouse ballad come from?: From pothouse + ballad.

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