Refrein

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of refrain. alt-of, alternative, rare

    "The refrein of Spenser's Prothalamion turns upon “the Thames”; of his Epithalamion on “the echoing woods”."

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"The refrein of Spenser's Prothalamion turns upon “the Thames”; of his Epithalamion on “the echoing woods”."

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