: a small transverse flute with six to eight finger holes and usually no keys
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One is Michael Dalton, expected to have been a fife during the battle.—Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025 Amidst a fife and drum performance, the High Tea featured the same teas that were thrown over the Harbor, like Bohea tea, Congou and Souchong, as well as some Singlo and Hyson varieties.—Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025 Between the lines: Spilka's messaging, unintentionally accompanied by patriotic fife music from another event down the hall, underscored the revolutionary attitude and evoked the Tea Party movement that organized to oppose President Obama's agenda 15 years ago.—Mike Deehan, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025 Williamsburg is often thought of as the territory of elementary school field trips, tricorn hats, and fifes and drums.—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fife
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German Pfeife pipe, fife, from Old High German pfīfa, from Vulgar Latin *pipa pipe — more at pipe
administrative area of eastern Scotland between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth area 509 square miles (1319 square kilometers), population 365,198
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