bull fiddle
Americannoun
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Origin of bull fiddle
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
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“Back then a band would be a saxophone, a trumpet, a bull fiddle, that kind of thing.“
From Washington Times • Oct. 31, 2020
The timbre, controllable by dials, plugs and switches comparable to the stops of an organ, could be varied to approximate the drone of a bull fiddle, the silken flow of a violin, an organ's thunder.
From Time Magazine Archive
Los Angeles Herald & Express Reporter Jimmy Crenshaw spotted a musician carrying a bull fiddle and made for Pressagent Freeman.
From Time Magazine Archive
But when grandfather was a little boy, Edward Lear meant a big fat Book of Nonsense with a gilt cat bowing a bull fiddle on the cover.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I’ll have to play my bull fiddle for you when we meet again.”
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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