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tiralee
tiralee (ˈtɪrəliː) Also 6 tireli, 7 tirlery. [Echoic. Cf. OF. turelu a comic or burlesque refrain, and see tirra-lirra.] a. The note of the lark; = tirra-lirra. b. A representation of a bugle note or cadence.1596 C. Fitzgeffrey Sir F. Drake (1881) 24 Even as the Larke..Mounteth her basinetted head o...
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tirra-lirra
tirra-lirra (ˈtɪrəˈlɪrə) Also 7 teery-larry, -lerry, -leery, tyra-lyra. Cf. tiralee. [Echoic. Cf. OF. turelu, tureluru, ‘a comic or burlesque refrain’ (Godefroy), turelure a bagpipe, a refrain, F. turlut a titlark; and quot. 1889.] A representation of the note of the skylark, or of a similar sound u...
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