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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"Yes," I replied, and hummed a stave of "Lillibullero."
From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.
But in truth the success of Lillibullero was the effect, and not the cause, of that excited state of public feeling which produced the Revolution.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
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
The ballad of "Lillibullero" is attributed to him.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 2 by Swift, Jonathan
Ian drummed upon the table and whistled "Lillibullero."
From Foes by Johnston, Mary
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