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Cohan   /kˈoʊhən/   Listen
Cohan

noun
1.
United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942).  Synonyms: George M. Cohan, George Michael Cohan.






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"Cohan" Quotes from Famous Books



... and make up in a few minutes. So get this. I'm not going to stick down in this basement eating house forever. I've got too much talent. If I only had a voice—I mean a singing voice. But I haven't. But then, neither has Georgie Cohan, and I can't see that it's wrecked his life any. Look at Elsie Janis! But she sings. And they like it! Now listen. I've got a song. It's my own. That bit you played for me up at Gottschalk's is part of the chorus. But it's the words that'll go big. They're great. It's an aviation song, see? Airship ...
— Cheerful—By Request • Edna Ferber

... important plays of Pinero, Jones, Wilde, Shaw, Barker, Hankin, Chambers, Davies, Galsworthy, Masefield, Houghton, Bennett, Phillips, Barrie, Yeats, Boyle, Baker, Sowerby, Francis, Lady Gregory, Synge, Murray, Ervine, Howard, Herne, Thomas, Gillette, Fitch, Moody, Mackaye, Sheldon, Kenyon, Walters, Cohan, ...
— The Theory of the Theatre • Clayton Hamilton



Words linked to "Cohan" :   songwriter, songster, George M. Cohan, ballad maker



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