fife
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“Death to My Hometown” carried a faint whiff of Revolutionary War cosplay as several E Streeters temporarily became a miniature fife and drum corps.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2024
Items up for big include a private fife lesson with the resident fifer on the premises, table linens, getaways to other historically-minded spots, toy soldiers, golf packages, china, books — well, you get the idea.
From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2022
There was a “Spirit of ’76”—three men with fife and drum.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2020
Giroud, by the way, has his head taped like he had to put down his fife and drum to come on.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2018
Her gentle efforts to guide the hand of destiny, by decoying her master with fertile tricks or by reticent considerations these had not bean strong enough to be recognized in the despotism of fife.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Vocabulary lists containing fife
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