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Definition of Piffero
1. n. A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir.
Definition of Piffero
1. a fife [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piffero
Literary usage of Piffero
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"piffero, m. fif-ez, INTR. ... piffero, suonatore di piffero, m. fif-teen, ADJ.
: quindici. -teenth, ADJ. ..."
2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"piffero. Obsolete Italian bagpipe; oboe. he won prizes for solfège, piano, har-
Eng. Chapel Royal ; composed ап- ..."
3. Journal of Biblical Literature by Society of Biblical Literature (1908)
"A melancholy sound issues in contrast to the acute strident sound of the
piffero.40 It is therefore well in accordance with the facts of the case that ..."
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