roundelays

And so far from Strephon spending his time in sitting by a purling stream playing "roundelays" upon a pipe, -- poor fellow! he can scarcely afford to smoke one, his hours of labour are so long, and his wages are so small.

Thrift Samuel Smiles 1858

Inevitable roundelays of Lee Greenwood, Chinese-made yellow ribbon magnets and American flag window clings (most of which ended up festooning the medians of America's highways), confused the senses and helped to create the myth that President Bush was a colossus of leadership.

Bob Cesca: The Myth of Bush As The Hero of 9/11 2009

And after many days and many cable news roundelays, I think we can all agree that, yes, the GOP has been inextri ... digg

Bob Cesca: The Dittohead Party: Why the GOP is Screwing Itself 2009

And after many days and many cable news roundelays, I think we can all agree that, yes, the GOP has been inextricably grasped within the meaty, sweaty mitts of that familiar planetoid of addiction, racism and self-indulgence known as Rush Limbaugh.

Bob Cesca: The Dittohead Party: Why the GOP is Screwing Itself 2009

There's a strange, unsettling pleasure to be found in this straight-faced perversity, in the way that Hawks plays up the film's sexual roundelays.

Today We Live Ed Howard 2009

And after many days and many cable news roundelays, I think we can all agree that, yes, the GOP has been inextri ...

Bob Cesca: The Dittohead Party: Why the GOP is Screwing Itself 2009

After Pelosi gave a list of Democratic programs, Russert asked her if the Democrats would repeal the Bush tax cuts to pay for all this and Pelosi simply refused to answer the question and went into a series of vague "everything is on the table" roundelays.

Stephen Kaus: San Francisco Fog Engulfs Demos' Campaign 2008

‘Five classics,’ that she was able to write odes and devise roundelays, and so my father requested an interpreter to ask her to write something.

Hung Lou Meng 2003

There are a couple of roundelays, composed by a later poet,

Hung Lou Meng 2003

Let us sing, let us drink, and tune up our roundelays.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002