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Rock and roll

noun

A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western. Synonyms: rock, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock music.

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"Rock and roll" Quotes from Famous Books

... exhibits the effects of terrestrial waters and celestial flames. The light brought by the Angel from On High, causes the sun to pale. 'Then,' says Isaiah, (xix. 20) 'men will hide in the clefts of the rock and roll themselves in the dust of the earth.' 'They will cry to the mountains' (Revelation), 'Fall on us! and to the seas, Swallow us up! Hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb!' The Lamb is the great ...

— Seraphita • Honore de Balzac

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