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opry

[ op-ree ]

noun

, plural op·ries,


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Word History and Origins

Origin of opry1

1910–15; Americanism

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Example Sentences

I grew up steeped in this culture, I’ve played the Opry hundreds of times, and the episode he did on Loretta Lynn — oh my gosh, I had no idea.

For these reasons and many other infamous ones, you could call Florida the Grand Ole Opry of gun nuttery.

Oh, for the good old days when Roy Acuff taught Richard Nixon how to use a yo-yo on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.

That was such an exciting day, to be able to shoot that scene where we performed at the Opry.

Those scenes that are just in every nook and cranny at the Grand Ole Opry, that to me is the beauty of the show.

Uncle Dave Macon, one of the presiding eminences during the early days of the Grand Ole Opry, was just such a performer.

At the door of this opry-house is Dolf Springer holdin a bushel basket.

No, she can't see Bud with a pair of opry-glasses, an' he's a dead game sport, too!

Looks like a Sweepstakes team through the wrong end of the opry glasses, don't it?

I was lookin' for him to bust out in grand-opry, or something else that's a heap more stylish than his old come-all-ye.

Sir: An old stage hand at the Eau Claire opry house was talking.

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