Now the fifer was the clarionet-player's brother; and he, turning on the trumpeter, roared. From Wordnik.com. [Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes] Reference
The fifer was the most remarkable of the party. From Wordnik.com. [The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773] Reference
"I'll tell you a story," replied Brown, the fifer. From Wordnik.com. [The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773] Reference
But how many others thought, or even still think the same way? fifer. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
Mrs. Sullivan, except Brown, the fifer, who was enjoying the dreams of. From Wordnik.com. [The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773] Reference
Hughes, the fifer, is inexhaustible; he can blow five miles at a stretch. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
Previously you just turned up and paid at the turnstiles. (my emphasis) fifer. From Wordnik.com. [Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...] Reference
There was not a sound from the field except the song of the fifer and drummer. From Wordnik.com. [TWO FOR TEXAS] Reference
“Faith, Miley, thou wouldst make a good little drummer or fifer!” says papa. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
"Much obliged, sir, but beef is rather too tough for my gums," replied the old fifer. From Wordnik.com. [The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773] Reference
The fifer boy himself is painted with flat solid colors and lacks any shadows or angles. From Wordnik.com. [nisayon Diary Entry] Reference
Sieur Schneider, the fifer of the hundred Swiss, in the house of whom I lived at Versailles. From Wordnik.com. [The physiology of taste; or Transcendental gastronomy. Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson.] Reference
The drummer and fifer of our guard of marines were little fellows of twelve or thirteen years of age. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner] Reference
"Which is the fifer?" she asked Nicholas; but he could not tell her, and she appealed in vain to the others. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
The fifer, the drummer, and the little boy should be good musicians playing patriotic music of the Revolution. From Wordnik.com. [America First Patriotic Readings] Reference
James Holland, a fifer in Cap. Dodge's Company is appointed fife major to this regiment, & is to be obeyed as such. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
I believe Krauthammer called it 'an uncertain trumpet'. come to think of it, he looks a bit like a second-rate trumpet player. fifer. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
A drummer and fifer were ready, as Mr. Brown and Mr. Hanson can inform you, and we formed a procession and marched up to this tavern. From Wordnik.com. [The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773] Reference
His brother, only nine years old, went as a fifer. From Wordnik.com. [The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816] Reference
Sproesser was detailed as company fifer on February 1st. From Wordnik.com. [History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry] Reference
The fifer actually knew but one tune "The Bonnie Blue Flag". From Wordnik.com. [Andersonville — Volume 3] Reference
Next the Admiral made our fifer to play a merry and peaceful air. From Wordnik.com. [1492] Reference
The fifer, in revenge, declared he was only humbugging the Squire. From Wordnik.com. [Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes] Reference
It is my honourable friend (if he will allow me to call him so) the fifer. From Wordnik.com. [The Uncommercial Traveller] Reference
Edward Lord; 39 marines, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, 1 fifer; and 367 male prisoners. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Tasmania, Volume I] Reference
Schneider, the fifer of the hundred Swiss, in the house of whom I lived at Versailles. From Wordnik.com. [The Physiology of Taste] Reference
Those tipsy heroes, staggering along to the tunes of tipsy drummer and tiny fifer, while. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)] Reference
"Why, our boys, your honor; our boys, and the British right after them," answered the fifer. From Wordnik.com. [From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services] Reference
He stood at the window, observing tradesmen's carts, housemaids, blank doors, dogs, a beggar fifer. From Wordnik.com. [Diana of the Crossways — Complete] Reference
Step one: Pick out the burly fifer in the Fourth of July parade and make fun of his "girly stockings.". From Wordnik.com. [Daily Kos] Reference
He volunteered for the army as a fifer at 16 but at the Battle of North Point carried a musket instead. From Wordnik.com. Reference
RICHARD COZZENS, a fifer in the Rhode Island Regiment, was born in Africa, and died in Providence. in 1829. From Wordnik.com. [The colored patriots of the American Revolution : with sketches of several distinguished colored persons : to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans,] Reference
He was moreover a fifer in the National Guard, -- to escape his turn of sitting up all night in a barrack-room. From Wordnik.com. [Bureaucracy] Reference
It was headed by three figures, one fifer and two drummers, attired to represent the famous painting called "Spirit of '76.". From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O] Reference
Then the serjeant came elbowing his way through the crowd, and was hailed instantly, like the drummer and fifer, by Mrs. Mugford. From Wordnik.com. [The Drummer's Coat] Reference
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