vintage shout
vintage shout noun: a type of work song sung by grape-treaders.
Noun
vintage shout (usually uncountable, plural vintage shouts)
- A type of work song sung by grape-treaders.
- Where aforetime was the vintage-shout in thankfulness for the ingathering, and anticipating gladness to come, there, in the source of their luxury, should be wailing, the forerunner of sorrow to come.1860, Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets - With a Commentary, Explanatory and Practical, and Introductions to the Several Books · Volume 3, page 197
- and "The vintage shout," words long since set to express the simple music that accompanies life and labor in the field, are typical of its quiet, peaceful, cheerful, and innocent character.1862, California State Board of Agriculture, Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society, page 216
- Synonyms:
- vintage song
Examples of vintage shout in a sentence
- literally, a vintage shout, derived from a root meaning to tramp, and alluding to the cry with which the treaders of the grapes used to animate their toil.1903, Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick, Frederic Henry Chase, John James Stewart Perowne, Reginald St. John Parry (contributors), The...
- so that where the vintage shout is not heard one assumes the occasion to be one of solitude and sorrow.1925, Charles William Budden, Edward Hastings, 1 Kings - Malachi, page 30:
Synonyms of vintage shout
Forms of vintage shout
| plural | vintage shouts |
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Questions about vintage shout
- What does vintage shout mean?
- Vintage shout means a type of work song sung by grape-treaders.
- How do you use vintage shout in a sentence?
- literally, a vintage shout, derived from a root meaning to tramp, and alluding to the cry with which the treaders of the grapes used to animate their toil.
- What part of speech is vintage shout?
- Vintage shout is a noun.
- What is the plural of vintage shout?
- The plural of vintage shout is vintage shouts.
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