Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In music: The lowest bass voice, having a compass of about two octaves rising from D below the bass-staff.
- noun One possessing a voice of this compass.
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A delicious basso-profondo "WTF" echoed beautifully from the "independent/green/freedom booth behind me at about 10 a.m.
Bill Parent: Fox News and Forgotten Addresses: A Day In the Life of a CA Poll Worker 2008
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