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Definition of Calypsos
1. calypso [n] - See also: calypso
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calypsos
Literary usage of Calypsos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trinidad & Tobagoby Don Philpott by Don Philpott (2002)
"calypsos are sung year round, but really come into their own at Carnival Time
when the island's best vie for the title of Calypso King. ..."
2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1895)
"You can think of nothing but calypsos, or Prosperos and Ariels, and suchlike beings.
I find one very great spiritual good attendant on a quiet meditative ..."
3. St. Lucia by Don Philpott (2005)
"calypsos are sung year- round, but really come into their own at Carnival Time
when the island's best vie for the title of Calypso King « 452-2279. ..."
4. Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789 by William Babcock Weeden (1891)
"Duty and gladness, virtue and gayety, mingled and became one in the serene calm
of this maiden's souL Such serenity of spirit was foreign to the calypsos, ..."
5. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert ed Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1875)
"... 1 Yet I dare say I met with more perils, more variety of allurements, more
Circes, more calypsos, and the like, than e'er were feigned 2 upon Ulysses. ..."
6. Adventure Guide to Trinidad & Tobago by Kathleen O'Donnell, S Harry Pefkaros (2000)
"In the 1950s, many of the most popular songs in the States were adaptations of
calypsos written in Trinidad. The Andrews Sisters popularized one, ..."
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