All 3 Uses of
refrain
in
Brave New World
- "Orgy-porgy," the dancers caught up the liturgical refrain, "Orgy-porgy, Ford and fun, kiss the girls …"
p. 85..0 *refrain = lines repeated in a song
- Her lips moved, she was saying something; but the sound of her voice was covered by the loud reiterated refrain of the sightseers.
p. 257..6
- Then suddenly somebody started singing "Orgy-porgy" and, in a moment, they had all caught up the refrain and, singing, had begun to dance.
p. 258..8
Definition:
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(refrain as in: a repeated refrain) something repeated regularlyespecially:
- lines repeated after each verse of a song
- a phrase or idea often repeated by someone or within a poem