songletn.
/ˈsɒŋlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈsɔŋlᵻt/, /ˈsɑŋlᵻt/ A little song.
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1831 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. 20 Aug. in Rec. Girlhood (1878) III. 104 Emily gave me two charming Italian songlets.
1861 E. D. Cook Paul Foster's Daughter I. 164 As they..coo out their gushing little songlets in delicate trills.
1921 Music News 23 Dec. 9/2 Miss Dux responded to the many vociferous recalls with further pretty songlets.
1986 N.Y. Mag. 4 Feb. 89/1 The Crate..Silverstein's assortment of playlets and songlets centered around one prop, a crate.
2015 Washington Post (Nexis) 9 Feb. (Style section) 5 Sharp and sometimes discordant riffs provide an edge to even the most ordinary songs and fragmentary songlets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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