bull fiddle
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of bull fiddle
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
Example Sentences
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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
Out of the belly of that bull fiddle he brought such music as no Russian, perhaps no other man, had ever brought before.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The stage presently darkens so that the violins appear to float about under their own power, finally waltz themselves into the outline of an immense bull fiddle.
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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