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Definition of Bass fiddle
1. Noun. Largest and lowest member of the violin family.
Generic synonyms: Bass, Bowed Stringed Instrument, String
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bass Fiddle
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Literary usage of Bass fiddle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Peveril of the Peak by Walter Scott (1879)
"Sire, I went where bass-fiddle never went before, even into a conventicle of
Fifth- Monarchists; and when they brought me away, the preacher was concluding ..."
2. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Marshall Everett (1904)
"The time when I thought it was time to get out was when the bass fiddle and ...
and 'cello and bass fiddle had caught on fire at one of the music stands, ..."
3. Novels and romances of the author of Waverley by Walter Scott (1824)
"Sire, I went where bass-fiddle never went before, even into a conventicle of
Fifth-Monarchists ; and when they brought me away, the preacher was concluding ..."
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