All 3 Uses
refrain
in
The Future Is in Eggs, by Ionesco
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- After this last remark, the refrain becomes: 'Yes, yes, yes!
*refrain = something repeated regularly
- Production!' become a chorused refrain whilst, without interrupting the action and the comings and goings, one hears, in voices loud enough to surmount the tumult, the following speeches:] MOTHER JACQUES: I keep thinking of the future of all these children!†
- ; with only FATHER-JACQUES continuing with his former refrain of 'Production!†
Definitions:
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(1)
(refrain as in: a repeated refrain) something repeated regularly -- especially a word, phrase, line, or idea repeated in music, poetry, or speech
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(2)
(refrain as in: refrain from laughing) to stop oneself from doing something -- especially something tempting, impulsive, or inappropriate
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)