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ballad-monger|ˈbælədˌmʌŋgə(r)|
[See -monger.]
One who deals in ballads: a. used contemptuously by Shakespeare, and by others in imitation, for: Ballad-maker.
1596Shakes. 1 Hen IV, iii. i. 130, I had rather be a Kitten, and cry mew, Then one of these same Meeter Ballad-mongers. 1756J. Warton Ess. Pope (1782) I. vii. 356 Villon was merely a pert and insipid ballad monger. 1809Byron Bards & Rev. xii, Behold the ballad-monger Southey rise!
b. A seller of ballads.
1653Urquhart Rabelais i. ix, An old paultry book..sold by the hawking Pedlars and Balladmongers. 1874Motley Barneveld II. xviii. 252 All the ballad-mongers and broad⁓sheet vendors of the town.
Hence ballad-mongering vbl. n.
1809Byron Bards & Rev. Argt. (MS.), The poet..revileth Walter Scott for..ballad-mongering. |