Associations to the word «Joplin»

Dictionary definition

JOPLIN, noun. United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970).
JOPLIN, noun. United States composer who was the first creator of ragtime to write down his compositions (1868-1917).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope