|
|
Definition of For a song
1. Adverb. For a relatively small amount of money. "We bought the house for a song"
Definition of For a song
1. Adverb. Almost free. Very cheap ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of For A Song
Literary usage of For a song
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"... of the word in this sense, and of such vernacular phrases an “ it is not worth
an old song,” “ he bought it for an old song,” “ he sold it for a song,” ..."
2. Poems and Inscriptions: English Poetry of To-day Against an American Background by Richard Watson Gilder, Gilliss Press, Cornelius Weygandt (1901)
"... ASKED for a song CONCERNING THE DEDICATION OF A MOUNTAIN IN SAMOA TO THE MEMORY
OF STEVENSON A Letter to IOS BUT friend of mine—and his—I am afraid! ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1863)
"Still it is a qualification for a song-writer ; for a song should generally
effervesce with airy sentiment that rises up lightly to the very surface of the ..."
4. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"... whose opinion is, that divine poésie Manage of »'ill and Wisdome, p. 50.
FADING. The name of an Irish dance, and a common burden for a song ..."
5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... pile of ballads is so called, in allusion to a pack of cards : And, for a song,
.... for a song ..."
6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"F. 21, '08 Producing genn by mean!» of radium. Sei. Am. H7: 442. D. 14. '07.
True rubies and sapphires for a song. Harp. See also Diamonds; Pearls; ..."
7. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"... are of such a nature that they have afforded to heresy an only too manifest
occasion for a song of triumph." In these circumstances what would have been ..."
Other Resources:
