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Word: connaistu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1927-1927
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Usage:

...buggy-couples wooed each other with "Connaistu le Pays?" sweet lyric by Ambroise Thomas. As old Dobbin ambled along the moon-patched road He would lean his head against her leg-of-mutton sleeve, and She would trill: "Knowest thou the Land?" So thorough a wooing song did this aria from Mignon become that the opera itself became boresome. People refused to go hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Wooing Song | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

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