hornpipe in English

noun
1
a lively dance associated with sailors, typically performed by one person.
There were no dances exclusively for the lower school either - no hornpipe or Scottish country dances.

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "hornpipe" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "hornpipe", or refer to the context using the word "hornpipe" in the English Dictionary.

1. Bill Cheatum, Brilliance, Brilliancy Medley, Drunken Billy Goat, Little Billy Wilson, Liverpool Hornpipe (1), Louisville Hornpipe, Wake Up Susan (1) Composer/Core Source

2. Re: "Begrudgers" And apparently, we English invented the hornpipe and the tin whistle

3. 1, A Bundle of Bonnocks, Nymrod Hornpipe, General Reid, Monthly Listeners: 10, Where People Listen: Marshall, Half …

4. The melody to “Brilliancy” reminds me of almost a classical/baroque piece of music, but with an Irish hornpipe bounce

5. The Basset horn is not related to the horn, or other members of the brasswind family (Sachs-Hornbostel classification 423.121.2 or 423.23); it does, however, bear a distant relationship to the hornpipe and cor anglais

6. Tuckle, dressed out with the Cockedhat and stick, danced the frog hornpipe among the shells on the table, while the gentleman in blue played an accompaniment upon an ingenious musical instrument formed of a hair-comb upon a curl-paper.

7. Beauing belleing dancing drinking - Melody Bless 'em All Blow Away the Morning Dew - Melody Blow the Man Down - Melody Blow the wind southerly southerly southerly - Melody Botany Bay - Melody Bristol Hornpipe - Melody Britannia the Pride of the Ocean - Melody British Grenadiers - Melody Burton Ale - Melody Buttercup Joe - Melody By Jingo

8. It comprises nine parts which follow the course of the Battle of Trafalgar from the point of view of a British sailor, starting with the call to arms, progressing through the death of a comrade, thoughts of home, and ending with a victorious return and the assertion that Britain will continue to 'rule the waves': Bugle Calls The Anchor's Weighed The Saucy Arethusa Tom Bowling Jack's The Lad (Hornpipe) Farewell and Adieu, Ye Spanish Ladies Home, Sweet Home See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes Rule, Britannia!