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Definition of Guitars
1. guitar [n] - See also: guitar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guitars
Literary usage of Guitars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"Some of the stringed instruments are also most ancient: there are a number of
lutes, guitars, and violins, some of the latter with the bow passing between ..."
2. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1878)
"... Harps, guitars, Lyres, Flutes, Pipes, Sistra, Sacred Instruments—Dancing—The
Pirouette and Figure Dances. THE apartments appropriated to the reception ..."
3. A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1854)
"3 2 Harp and two guitars. Thebes. harps and an instrument held in the hand, not
unlike an eastern fan,* to which were probably attached small bells, ..."
4. Notes on Haiti: Made During a Residence in that Republic by Charles Mackenzie (1830)
"... given—Tumults suppressed—Trade not very active—Retention of Spanish customs —
Mantilla —guitars—Artisans — Public amusements—Preparations for departure. ..."
5. Gossip from Paris During the Second Empire: Correspondence (1864-1869) of by Anthony B. North Peat (1903)
"... violoncellos, guitars, and harps. Suddenly a panel covered with crimson velvet
was withdrawn, and the tabernacle of Moses was displayed, ..."
6. The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year by Ibrahim-Hilmy (1888)
"... Bedsteads—Palanquins—Washing nnd anointing— Bouquets — Bands of music—Cymbals,
trumpets, drums, harps, guitars, lyres, ..."
7. The Spaniards & Their Country by Richard Ford (1852)
"... National Dances—A Gipsy Ball—Italian Opera—National Songs and guitars.
HAVING seen a bull-fight, the sight of Spain, those who only wish to pass time ..."
8. The Congo Independent State: A Report on a Voyage of Enquiry (1906)
"... being five and seven-stringed guitars. The Banza have a ru(ic but not wholly
primitive religion. They believe in, or, ..."
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