gittern
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gittern
C14: from Old French guiterne, ultimately from Old Spanish guitarra guitar ; see cittern
Example Sentences
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At the end of the arbor some one was strumming upon a gittern.
From Master Skylark by Bennett, John
Dost thou not see that for pleasure four several things combine, Instruments four, harp, hautboy and gittern and psaltery?
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John
It was the practice, as we have said, when a customer was waiting for his turn in a barber's shop to pass his time playing on the gittern.
From At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History by Andrews, William
But in the morning at breakfast there was a gittern at Nick's place--a rare old yellow gittern, with silver scrolls about the tail-piece, ivory pegs, and a head that ended in an angel's face.
From Master Skylark by Bennett, John
He hung the gittern upon its peg, then went across to the Admiral and put both hands upon his shoulders.
From Sir Mortimer by Johnston, Mary
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