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The second song of the encore was the Handsome Family's "Don't Be Scared."

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  1. noun A demand by an audience for an additional performance, usually expressed by applause.
  2. noun An additional performance in response to the demand of an audience.
  3. transitive verb To demand an encore of.

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  1. French, still, yet, again, probably from Vulgar Latin *hinc ad hōram, from that to this hour : Latin hinc, from here (from hic, this) + Latin ad, to; see ad- + Latin hōram, accusative of hōra, hour; see hour.

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  1. French, from Old French encore = Provencal encara, enquera = Old Spanish encara = Italian ancora, again, once more, from L. (in) hanc horam, literally (to) this hour: hanc, accusative feminine of hic, this; horam, accusative of hora, later ult. English hour.
  2. from encore, adv.
 

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