Both Uses of
ballad
in
Treasure Island
- The endless ballad had come to an end at last, and the whole diminished company about the camp-fire had broken into the chorus I had heard so often: "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest— Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!†
Chpt 23 *
- It don't bind no more'n a ballad-book."†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(ballad) a song (or poem) that tells a story