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Word: plinked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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...through his head, found the Purple Shirts anything but worthy of it. Nor did he like the silly way Mrs. Arbutus, a Park Avenue matron, sang it. Finally, after Mr. Musiker's tune had gone around the world ("they made a lullaby out of it in China" -to plink-plink accompaniment from the orchestra), Mr. Musiker came upon some students, presumably radical since they were singing Pie in the Sky. He was glad to give them his tune, for a marching song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Blitzstein's Tune | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

Rochester, N. Y.. city of cameras and music, is the hotbed of U. S. zither playing. There last week the United Zither Players of America gathered for its Tenth National Congress and, proudly led by the Rochester Zither Club, climaxed a three-day meeting with a grand plinkety-plink concert. There are 100 zither players in Rochester, all of Teutonic origin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Zither Congress | 10/25/1937 | See Source »

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