Word: jodeling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...concert with a number of songs. "Alexander," a very handsome adaptation of an old melody, was first given, Mr. Bullard singing the solo. A quintette consisting of Messrs. Honore, Shippen, B. Carpenter, Howard and Willard then sang Mr. Carpenter's latest entitled "Der Jungling" -a very pretty air and jodel. Next came a new arrangement of several old drinking songs not on the programme, and finally the piece of the evening-"The Blue Danube Waltz," which was sung in splendid style...
...paused, hesitated, then floated between the goal posts. Breathless was the suspense as it rose, and silence seized the entire company, but as it crossed the bar the whole orchestra burst into a cry of lamentation, outrivalling all previous efforts, then died into death-like silence, while the shrill jodel of the Glee Club goal-keeper rose in exultation above the confused roar of triumph which burst from eleven throats. [We regret that our reporter was not present at the game, and that we therefore omit details...
...Greek reading, I can tell you the style of worm they used for fishing in the Pliocene Age, and how many fish they caught on an average with each worm. I can tell you more. I can tell you why worms crawl, why the Nine muffs, why Juniors jodel. At a lecture on the Vedas, I could have told you from actual observation the length of a Latin foot, and could have proved that the Romans wore pigtails, and had plank walks. During a lecture on the Italian classics, I proved to myself by the theory of curves that Napoleon...