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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Don't mind if the index of sense is at zero; Use words that run smoothly, whatever they mean; Leander and Lillian and Lillibullero Are much the same thing in the rhyming machine.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
"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 Winter, Milo
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 Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
"Yes," I replied, and hummed a stave of "Lillibullero."
From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.
—Statesman and writer of "Lillibullero," s. of the 4th Baron W., was one of the most profligate men of his age.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
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