Noun: talking blues
| Singular | talking blues |
| Plural | talking blues |
Sample Sentences
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The talking blues were first recorded in 1926, performed by a mandolinist named Chris Bouchillon. [2005, Dick Weissman, edited by Richard Carlin, Blues, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 232:]
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If Guthrie's talking blues are comedic powerhouses, the same can surely be said of his singing blues. [2019, Will Kaufman, Mapping Woody Guthrie, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 26:]
Nouns inflected like talking blues
cement works,
Old World ROM,
mythopoetics,
zhenniao,
ichimon,
seinen,
sedoka,
semese,
sentai,
senryū,
senbei,
whapuku,
whapuka,
selbri,
Cinghalese,
sayori,
sansho,
sanies,
sanmai,
sangza, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From the song “Talking Blues”, recorded by Chris Bouchillon in Atlanta in 1926.