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There was a zithern accompaniment by the girl in orange, but it was soft and unobtrusive, that the lines themselves might not be obscured.
From Patty Blossom by Carolyn Wells
Well, Jeppo was terribly woeful and that word zithern was bothering him.
From Hints to Pilgrims by Charles Stephen Brooks
"Go, then," I said, in my sternest accents,—"go fetch a zithern, or a banjo, or a kit, or a hurdy-gurdy, or a fiddle."
From The Brick Moon and Other Stories by Edward Everett Hale
Her black hair was in two long braids, and she was carrying a small musical instrument that Philip said was a zithern.
From Patty Blossom by Carolyn Wells
He had tried to write something, but had stuck while trying to think of a rhyme for zithern.
From Hints to Pilgrims by Charles Stephen Brooks
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