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field hollers

field hollers is the plural of field holler.

Meaning of field holler

Noun

field holler (plural field hollers)

  1. A slow, introspective African-American song type that has its origin in solo work songs, featuring a meandering melody, irregular rhythms, and various forms of wordless vocalization.
    • They made up field hollers with long, sad, wailing blue notes in their voices that said how tired a man can be.1954, Langston Hughes, The First Book of Jazz, New York: Franklin Watts, published 1955, page 9
    Synonyms:
    arwhoolie, cornfield holler, field blues, field cry, field shout, holler

Questions about field hollers

What is field hollers the plural of?
Field hollers is the plural of field holler.

Words near field hollers in the dictionary

  1. field heads
  2. field hockey
  3. field hockey player
  4. field hockey players
  5. field holler
  6. field hollers
  7. field horsetail
  8. field horsetails
  9. field hospital
  10. field hospitals
  11. field house

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