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Allan-a-Dale

or Al·an-a-Dale

[ al-uhn-uh-deyl ]

noun

  1. (in English balladry) a member of Robin Hood's band who carried off his sweetheart just before she was to be forced into marriage with an aged knight.


Allan-a-Dale

/ ˌælənəˈdeɪl /

noun

  1. (in English balladry) a member of Robin Hood's band who saved his sweetheart from an enforced marriage and married her himself
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Within the next few days came Allan-a-Dale into Barnesdale with his lady and her two maids.

Allan-a-Dale could pick a pocket or cut a purse, accomplishments in which I am altogether deficient.

Then he again asked the important question, to which Allan-a-Dale's answer was so unreasonable and so successful.

All listened while the minstrel touched his harp, and the beautiful voice of Allan-a-Dale sang the plaintive old ballad Islington.

"It is impossible that Allan-a-Dale can have thus treated a man of your reverend bearing," replied the Captain.

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