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Lillibullero

[ lil-ee-buh-leer-oh ]

noun

  1. a part of the refrain to a song deriding the Irish Roman Catholics, popular in England during and after the revolution of 1688.
  2. the song, or the tune to which it was sung.


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Example Sentences

An instance in point is the celebrated poem "Lillibullero," or, as it is sometimes written, "Lilli Burlero."

Sir Waldron thrust his hands deep into his pockets, and began whistling "Lillibullero."

The ballad of "Lillibullero," a scurrilous attack on the Irish recruits, was sung from one end of England to the other.

One of the characteristics of the good old soldier is his trick of whistling Lillibullero.

A lively song from you—lillibullero from a death's-head—ha, ha!

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