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▪ I. ‖ ole, n.|ˈole|
[Sp. ole Andalusian dance.]
The name of a Spanish folk-dance, which is accompanied by castanets and singing.
1846R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxiii. 328 The dance..is called the Ole by Spaniards, the Romalis by their gipsies... The whole person..trembles like an aspen leaf. 1950L. Armstrong Dances of Spain I. 9 Olé, Gaditanian (Cadiz) folk dance of apparently great antiquity. A solo with castanets. 1964W. G. Raffé Dict. Dance 360 Ole (Spain), a woman's solo dance with castanets... The dance is accompanied by rapid vocal acrobatics..to the syllables ‘ay’ or ‘olé’ (from which the dance may take its name).
▪ II. ole, ol', a.|əʊl|
Also ol.
A representation of a colloq., dial., and Black English pronunc. of old a.
1844(song-title) Ole Bull and Ole Dan Tucker. 1874[see old mistress s.v. old a. (adv., n.1) D.4]. 1880J. C. Harris Uncle Remus i. 18, I speck de ole 'oman en de chilluns kin sorter scramble roun' en git up sump'n fer ter stay yo' stummuck. 1894A. Morrison Tales of Mean Streets 224 ‘That's all right, ol' cock,’ roared Bill Napper. 1901W. N. Harben Westerfelt iv. 44 How are you, ol' hoss... Glad to see you. 1907G. B. Shaw Major Barbara ii. 217 Youre ony a jumped-up, jerked-off, orspittle-turned-out incurable of an ole workin man. 1915C. Johnson Battleground Adventures liv. 418 Holt met the ol' man comin' from the barn as hard as he could run. Ibid. 420, I got a little ol' box to sit on. 1935Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. iv. 101 It laid dere for thousands of years, then Ole Missus said to Ole Massa: ‘Go pick up dat box.’ 1936M. Mitchell Gone with Wind iv. 63 ‘Mammy gettin' ole,’ said Dilcey, with a calmness that would have enraged Mammy. 1938M. K. Rawlings Yearling iv. 34 He'll rip them leaves offen the stems and cram 'em in his ugly ol' mouth like a person. 1944C. Himes Black on Black (1973) 202 Just a li'l ol' knot at the bottom. 1950R. Ames in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 488/1 The old time darky's..love for ‘ole marse’ and ‘ole mist'ess’. 1962J. D. Salinger Franny & Zooey 85 That's the spirit... That's putting the ole foot down. 1971Jamaican Weekly Gleaner 3 Nov. 18/2 Long debt better dan ole grudge. Ibid. 32/2 ‘Sure hate to be back at that same old school.’ ‘Same ol' tests.’ 1972G. Beare Bee Sting Deal i. 12 ‘I work here,’..‘But surely not at 5·30 a.m., ole gel.’ 1973S. Henderson Understanding New Black Poetry 21 Thus in the spirituals we have..Tell ol Pharaoh to let my people go. 1973[see limer3]. 1973Black World May 13/1 They succinctly and repeatedly lay the flaming blame at Ole Massa's front door. 1974Sunday Guardian (Port-of-Spain) 28 July 12/2, I took a bus to Martin's Bay, and there was laughter and ole talking all the way. Down on the wharf I find gangs of limers giving jokes and ole talkin. 1977Washington Post 7 Dec. b1/1 Some people will be carried away by NBC's Bette Midler special, ‘Ol' Red Hair is Back’, at 10 o'clock tonight on Channel 4. 1977Time 29 Aug. 31/1 ‘My God,’ sighed Bell, ‘I still wish we could get ole Frank Johnson to take it.’
▪ III. ole
variant of olla2, palm-leaf. |