fife
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There was a “Spirit of ’76”—three men with fife and drum.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2020
A soundtrack absent of bagpipes, fife and drums and marching bands.
From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2020
Here camp and its covert campaign of subversion feel wonderfully urgent and necessary: the gap-toothed fife player in the march toward “nonbinary.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2019
“Reenactors are always disappointed when they can’t cross, but safety is always the most important thing,” Smith said by phone as a fife and drum played in the background.
From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2017
The disease had advanced very quickly, and had taken him to the point where he was nearly incapable of leading a normal fife.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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