Lillibullero
Americannoun
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a part of the refrain to a song deriding the Irish Roman Catholics, popular in England during and after the revolution of 1688.
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the song, or the tune to which it was sung.
Example Sentences
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The very sentinels who guarded the palace hummed, as they paced their rounds, "The English confusion to Popery drink, Lillibullero bullen a la."
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
"Yes," I replied, and hummed a stave of "Lillibullero."
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
"Lillibullero" was dropped again, and just before we lost sight of them behind the little point, one of them whipped ashore and disappeared.
From Treasure Island by Milo Winter
The English revolution had its "Lillibullero," the French Revolution its "Marseillaise."
From Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians by Walter Rowlands
"Lillibullero" was dropped again; and just before we lost sight of them behind the little point, one of them whipped ashore and disappeared.
From Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
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