fife
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When Daudet is unsuccessful in discovering the source of an old proverb, a fife player advises him to seek it in “the cicadas’ library,” meaning a field where one lies on one’s back and contemplates.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2021
There was a “Spirit of ’76”—three men with fife and drum.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2020
A soundtrack absent of bagpipes, fife and drums and marching bands.
From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2020
Here camp and its covert campaign of subversion feel wonderfully urgent and necessary: the gap-toothed fife player in the march toward “nonbinary.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2019
The Corporal listened with great intensity, as if the sound of fife and drum brought a special message to his ears.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
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