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Fifer

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Fife  (ff)
A region of eastern Scotland between the Firths of Forth and Tay. It was once a Pict kingdom.
fife  (ff)
n.
A small, high-pitched, transverse flute used primarily to accompany drums in a military or marching band.
v. fifed, fif·ing, fifes
v.intr.
To play a fife.
v.tr.
To perform (a piece or tune) on or as if on a fife.
[Probably German Pfeife, from Middle High German pffe, from Old High German pfffa, from Vulgar Latin *ppa, from Latin ppre, to chirp.]
fifer n.


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On hearing this Trifaldin bent the knee to the ground, and making a sign to the fifer and drummers to strike up, he turned and marched out of the garden to the same notes and at the same pace as when he entered, leaving them all amazed at his bearing and solemnity.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
After looking at it for a little while as she plies her needle, he looks to young Woolwich, sitting on his stool in the corner, and beckons that fifer to him.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
He was moreover a fifer in the National Guard,--to escape his turn of sitting up all night in a barrack-room.
Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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