medley
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medley † combat, conflict XIV; † combination, mixture XV; (in disparaging sense) XVII. — OF.
medlee, var. of
meslee (mod.
mêlée):- Rom. *
misculāta, sb. use of fem. pp. of *
misculāre MEDDLE.
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Medley, Bill
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Bill Medley Singer, songwriter For the Record … Bill Medley first rose to stardom during the 1960s as one-half of...x201D; and “ Soul and Inspiration. ” When Medley broke up with Hatfield in 1968, however, his career languished...
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medley
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...or things; a miscellany: an interesting medley of flavors. ∎ a collection...items performed as a continuous piece: a medley of Beatles songs. ∎ a swimming...x2022; adj. archaic mixed; motley: a medley range of vague and variable impressions...
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Medley, Robert
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Medley, Robert (1905–1994). British painter and theatre designer, born in London. He studied at the Byam Shaw School, 1921...In the 1930s he worked with the left-wing Group Theatre, designing sets and costumes for plays by W. H. Auden (who was Medley's lover for a time), T. S. Eliot, Christopher Isherwood, ...
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Medley, Matt
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Medley, Matt, see ASTON .
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Princess, The: A Medley
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Princess, The: A Medley, a poem by Tennyson , published 1847. Some of the well-known lyrics (‘The splendour falls’, ‘Ask me no more...
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