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tra-la

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tra-la [ˌtrɑːˈlɑː], tra-la-la [ˈtrɑːlɑːlɑː]
n
(Music, other) a set of nonsensical syllables used in humming music, esp for a melody or refrain
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Noun1.tra-la - a set of nonsensical syllables used while humming a refraintra-la - a set of nonsensical syllables used while humming a refrain
tra-la-la
refrain, chorus - the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
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On the strength of a batting average of thirty-three point nought seven for Middlesex, he had been engaged by the astute musical-comedy impresario to whom the idea first occurred that, if you have got to have young men to chant 'We are merry and gay, tra-la, for this is Bohemia,' in the Artists' Ball scene, you might just as well have young men whose names are known to the public.
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