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torch songs

torch songs is the plural of torch song.

Meaning of torch song

Noun

torch song (plural torch songs)

  1. A song, often sentimental, lamenting an unrequited love; normally sung by a woman.
    • “Take Me Away” is a torch song about wanting to fall in love and be taken far from an immoral urban environment.2014, Michael Slowik, After the Silents: Hollywood Film Music in the Early Sound Era, 1926-1934, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 189

Questions about torch songs

What is torch songs the plural of?
Torch songs is the plural of torch song.

Words near torch songs in the dictionary

  1. torch runner
  2. torch runners
  3. torch singer
  4. torch singers
  5. torch song
  6. torch songs
  7. TORCH syndrome
  8. torch up
  9. torch-lighted
  10. torch-lit
  11. torchable

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