Alan-a-Dale
- a variation of Allan-a-Dale.
Example Sentences
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Bernie Kopell, who later set sail as the shipboard doctor on “The Love Boat” and who worked with Mr. Brooks and Mr. Gautier on “Get Smart,” plays Alan-a-Dale.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2013
He repeated the feat in 1902 with Alan-a-Dale.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2013
When Betty looked at Clumber House, across a pretty little lake, she only said: “Perhaps near that lake was where Robin found Alan-a-Dale, the dear minstrel.”
From John and Betty's History Visit by Williamson, Margaret
"Then you must be in love, like Alan-a-Dale; he was going to hang himself, an' 'hurl himself oft the topmost pinnacle,' you know, only Robin Hood said, 'Whence that doleful visage,' an' stopped him—you remember?"
From My Lady Caprice by Farnol, Jeffery
There came Little John and Will Scarlet and Alan-a-Dale in glittering garments, with smooth, fair brows and tuneful voices, to circle and sing.
From A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West by Garland, Hamlin
