bull fiddle

American  

noun

Informal.

1. double bass.

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Other Word Forms

• bull fiddler noun

Etymology

Origin of bull fiddle

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Example Sentences

“Back then a band would be a saxophone, a trumpet, a bull fiddle, that kind of thing.“

From Washington Times

He chose to pass that remark, "I've heard of you, too," he said, that last word sounding like the low string on a bull fiddle.

From Project Gutenberg

He works the trombone in the streets and the bull fiddle under cover.

From Project Gutenberg

He was startled by a hoarse boom, as if someone had scraped the strings of an amplified bull fiddle.

From Project Gutenberg

You laugh at me because I can't eat down-town unless I am encouraged by a bull fiddle, and because I gulp at free concert tickets like a young robin swallowing worms.

From Project Gutenberg