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(noun) a singing voice having a range between tenor and mezzo-soprano / (noun) a person having this voice / (noun) the part sung by a contralto

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contralto



in her Scandinavian accent - an emotional contralto

—p.29 A Silver Dish (12) by Saul Bellow
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6 years, 9 months ago


there came from the upper landing the contralto voice of Mrs. Haze

—p.37 by Vladimir Nabokov
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11 months, 2 weeks ago


When nowadays in some Russian household the gramophone is put on, and I hear her canned contralto

—p.553 THE ASSISTANT PRODUCER (546) by Vladimir Nabokov
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1 year, 8 months ago