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- noun an improvised
Cretan rhyming couplet .
Etymologies
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From Greek μαντινάδα, from Venetian matinada ("a song of the morning").
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hernesheir commented on the word mantinada
One wonders how many improvised mantinadas resemble the familiar
"I've never seen a purple cow, I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you one thing now, I'd rather see than be one.
January 8, 2012