Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who plays on a fife.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who plays on a fife.
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- noun One who plays on a fife.
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Examples
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Now the fifer was the clarionet-player's brother; and he, turning on the trumpeter, roared --
Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Samuel Lover 1832
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Previously you just turned up and paid at the turnstiles. (my emphasis) fifer
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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Despite their seemingly irreconcilable differences, however, the feuding drummer and fifer made an appearance on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show Tuesday night and even played a little number.
Tea Party Fife-And-Drum Duo Ripped Apart By Political Differences Reunite (VIDEO) 2010
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I believe Krauthammer called it 'an uncertain trumpet'. come to think of it, he looks a bit like a second-rate trumpet player. fifer
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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But how many others thought, or even still think the same way? fifer
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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But how many others thought, or even still think the same way? fifer
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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Woolwich, sitting on his stool in the corner, and beckons that fifer to him.
Bleak House 2007
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“Faith, Miley, thou wouldst make a good little drummer or fifer!” says papa.
The Virginians 2006
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We have got a piano and a parlor organ in the cabin, and a snare drummer, a base drummer and a fifer…If they have a choir in that ship I mean to run it.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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We have got a piano and a parlor organ in the cabin, and a snare drummer, a base drummer and a fifer…If they have a choir in that ship I mean to run it.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
chained_bear commented on the word fifer
"Going on a little further, we were surprised by 300 rebel cavalry, and repulsed, but retreated in good order, the gunboats covering our retreat. I regret to say we had the misfortune to lose Samuel Turner (colored) in our retreat. He was instantly killed, and his body remains in the rebel hands. He being the fifer, I miss him very much as a friend and companion, as he was beloved by all on board. We also had four slightly wounded."
—George Reed, a black sailor aboard the Union gunboat Commodore Reed, May 4, 1864, printed in the Christian Recorder
March 11, 2009