minstrels
- plural of minstrel.
Example Sentences
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NM: It’s such a complicated dance, to try to dismiss them as minstrels while also understanding the quality of their work.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024
The composer and songwriter Stephen Foster, a white Pittsburgher, wrote the 1853 melody, which blackface minstrels made into a hit.
From Salon • May 5, 2022
Meanwhile, abolitionist Frederick Douglass made it a point to become the era’s most-photographed man, in direct opposition to a culture drenched in racist images of minstrels and contented slaves.
From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2020
Not to mention “My Bathroom Is a Private Kind of Place” by the American Standards, minstrels of the American Standard Company, maker of toilets.
From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2013
“If you merry minstrels want to knock off, you can,” says Mr. Van Deusen.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
