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Waller

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Wal·ler  (wlr), Edmund 1606-1687.
English poet known for his harmonious love lyrics, including "Go, Lovely Rose" (1645).
Waller, Thomas Wright Known as "Fats." 1904-1943.
American jazz musician and composer whose many songs include "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Ain't Misbehavin'" (both 1929).
Waller [ˈwɒlə]
n
1. (Biographies / Waller, Edmund (1606-1687) M, English, WRITING: poet, POLITICS: politician) Edmund. 1606-87, English poet and politician, famous for his poem ``Go, Lovely Rose''
2. (Biographies / Waller, Fats (1904-1943) M, US, MUSIC: jazz pianist, MUSIC: singer) Fats, real name Thomas Waller. 1904-43, US jazz pianist and singer
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Noun1.Waller - United States jazz musician (1904-1943)
Fats Waller, Thomas Wright Waller


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But if ever I get off this time, I lay I'll just WALLER in Sunday-schools
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
Edmund Waller (1606-1687), a very wealthy gentleman in public life who played a flatly discreditable part in the Civil War, is most important for his share in shaping the riming pentameter couplet into the smooth pseudo-classical form rendered famous by Dryden and Pope; but his only notable single poems are two Cavalier love-lyrics in stanzas, 'On a Girdle' and 'Go, Lovely Rose.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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