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bothy ballad

bothy ballad noun: a traditional song sung by farm labourers in northeast Scotland.

Noun

bothy ballad (plural bothy ballads)

  1. A traditional song sung by farm labourers in northeast Scotland.

Forms of bothy ballad

pluralbothy ballads

Questions about bothy ballad

What does bothy ballad mean?
Bothy ballad means a traditional song sung by farm labourers in northeast Scotland.
What part of speech is bothy ballad?
Bothy ballad is a noun.
What is the plural of bothy ballad?
The plural of bothy ballad is bothy ballads.

Words near bothy ballad in the dictionary

  1. bothsidism
  2. bothways
  3. Bothwell
  4. Bothwells
  5. bothy
  6. bothy ballad
  7. bothy ballads
  8. bothyman
  9. bothymen
  10. botifarra
  11. botifarras

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