Till Eulenspiegel

or Tyll Eu·len·spie·gel, Tyl Eul·en·spie·gel

[ til oi-luhn-shpee-guhl ]

noun

1. a legendary German peasant of the 14th century whose practical jokes yielded many stories.

Till Eulenspiegel

/ ˈtɪl ˈɔɪlənˌʃpiːɡəl /

noun

1. ?14th century, legendary German peasant, whose pranks became the subject of many tales

Example Sentences

More recently the composer has won success with a work on the subject of Till Eulenspiegel.

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Till Eulenspiegel is the only new ballet the Russians have produced in America.

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But no one was buying, only looking—like Till Eulenspiegel, as though the smell was enough.

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Strauss remarked that in Till Eulenspiegel he had given the critics a hard nut to crack.

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His version of this episode fits the music and, in the original Till Eulenspiegel stories, Till is not hanged, but dies in bed.

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