tra-la
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tra-la
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Can’t I just take your point, stop interrupting and, tra-la, change the world?
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2020
Like the flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la, her present employment has little to do with her case.
From Time Magazine Archive
She is up and going, no look bestowing Through the dark forest, tra-la! tra-la!
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander
The "tra-la" was considered to render this sentence incomprehensible to the uninitiated.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
And its members are not even waiting for a Re-leaf Fund, which will, however, soon come, with "the flowers that bloom in the Spring, tra-la!"
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 11, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
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