singing-match

Updated: May 10, 2025

Next day is celebrated the feast of Pales, an account of which is given at length, and is followed by a song in which Galicio sings the praises of his mistress Amaranta, of whom the narrator proceeds to give a minute description. After another singing-match between Logisto and Elpino the company betake themselves to the tomb of Androgeo, whose praises are set forth in prose and rime.

Walter W. Greg - Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama: A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration: Stage in England

He cut a very funny figure sitting up there, with his wings spread out and drooping like a sick chicken. "I remember the time, too, when he had a singing-match with Brother Crow, and I nearly laughed myself to death over it." "Oh, tell us about it," cried Buster John. "There's nothing in it when it is told," replied Mr. Rabbit.

Joel Chandler Harris - Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country