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cantabank rare.|ˈkæntəbænk| [ad. It. cantambanco, f. canta-re to sing + banco bench.] A singer on a stage or platform; hence, contemptuously, a common ballad-singer.
[1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 96 Small and popular Musickes song by these Cantabanqui vpon benches and barrels heads.] 1834Sir. H. Taylor Artevelde i. iii. i, He was no tavern cantabank. |