Definition of Fifes

1. Noun. (plural of fife) ¹

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Definition of Fifes

1. fife [v] - See also: fife

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fifes

fieriness
fierinesses
fiery
fiery cross
fiest
fiesta
fiesta flower
fiestas
fievre
fievre boutonneuse
fife
fife rail
fifed
fifer
fifers
fifes (current term)
fifi
fifing
fift
fifteen
fifteen hundred
fifteen minutes
fifteen minutes of fame
fifteener
fifteeners
fifteenfold
fifteenish
fifteenness
fifteenpence
fifteenpenny

Literary usage of Fifes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... accompanied with all the drums and fifes of the regiment, (forty-seventh,) and a number of officers, negroes, and sailors, exhibited him as a spectacle ..."

2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"Trumpets and Kettle Drums and Drums and fifes of the Foot Guards. Poor Knights of Windsor. Bed-chamber—Charles Downes (State Page), John Wood, Samuel Pages ..."

3. Primitive Music: An Inquiry Into the Origin and Development of Music, Songs by Richard Wallaschek (1893)
"... sang.2 The real boatswain's call so much impressed the Papuans that they at once offered a high price in gold for it.3 (t) FLUTES, fifes, FLAGEOLETS. ..."

4. Primitive Music: An Inquiry Into the Origin and Development of Music, Songs by Richard Wallaschek (1893)
"... sang.2 The real boatswain's call so much impressed the Papuans that they at once offered . a high price in gold for it.3 (*) FLUTES, fifes, FLAGEOLETS. ..."

5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... downe, downe the droms Probably it means flutes [or fifes]. do crie. Mirr.fur Mug.,y. .... fifes ..."

6. Tenures of Land & Customs of Manors by William Carew Hazlitt, Thomas Blount (1874)
"This done (for-it lasts an hour), the bailiff elect, and corporation in their robes, preceded by drums and fifes (for they have no waits), visit the old and ..."

7. Tenures of Land & Customs of Manors by Thomas Blount, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"This done (for it lasts an hour), the bailiff elect, and corporation in their robes, preceded by drums and fifes (for they have no waits), visit the old and ..."

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