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Duncan Fife  [ˈdʌŋkən faɪf] play
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WHAT DOES DUNCAN FIFE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Duncan Fife

Duncan Phyfe

Duncan Phyfe was one of nineteenth-century America's leading cabinetmakers. Although he did not create any new furniture style, he interpreted fashionable European trends in a manner so distinguished and particular that he became a major spokesman for Neoclassicism in the United States, influencing a whole generation of American cabinetmakers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DUNCAN FIFE


afterlife
ˈɑːftəˌlaɪf
ex-wife
ˌeksˈwaɪf
fife
faɪf
housewife
ˈhaʊsˌwaɪf
kaif
kaɪf
knife
naɪf
life
laɪf
long-life
ˈlɒŋlaɪf
midwife
ˈmɪdˌwaɪf
nightlife
ˈnaɪtˌlaɪf
Phyfe
faɪf
real-life
ˌriːlˈlaɪf
rife
raɪf
still-life
stɪl laɪf
strife
straɪf
wife
waɪf
wildlife
ˈwaɪldˌlaɪf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DUNCAN FIFE

Duna
Dunaj
dunam
Dunant
Dunav
Dunbar
Dunbartonshire
Duncan
Duncan I
Duncan Phyfe
Duncan Smith

WORDS THAT END LIKE DUNCAN FIFE

a dog´s life
all the world and his wife
come to life
daily life
family life
for dear life
go for your life
half-life
home life
love life
not on your life
quality of life
real life
Recife
shelf life
social life
still life
Tenerife
to the life
way of life

Synonyms and antonyms of Duncan Fife in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Duncan Fife» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

邓肯法伊夫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Duncan Fife
570 millions of speakers

English

Duncan Fife
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डंकन Fife
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

دنكان فايف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Дункан Файф
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Duncan Fife
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডানকান ফাফে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Duncan Fife
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Duncan Fife
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Duncan Fife
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ダンカンファイフ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

던컨 파이프
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Duncan Fife
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Duncan Fife
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டங்கன் ஃபிஃபே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डंकन एफ्फ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Duncan Fife
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Duncan Fife
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Duncan Fife
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Дункан Файф
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Duncan Fife
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Duncan Fife
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Duncan Fife
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Duncan Fife
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Duncan Fife
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DUNCAN FIFE»

The term «Duncan Fife» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.969 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Duncan Fife

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUNCAN FIFE»

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Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York
HIGHLAND ORIGINS The archives of Abernethy and Kincardine parish in northern Scotland record that “Duncan Fife” was born there on April 27, 1770, and baptized two days later (fig. I 5 )9 They also document the nuptials of his parents, ...
Peter M. Kenny, Matthew A. Thurlow, 2011
2
The Journey:
My friend Gwen sold me a lovely Duncan Fife cherry wood table with six perfectly matched lyre backed upholstered chairs that she bought at an estate sale for mere pennies of its true value. Gwen and her husband were going to sell their ...
Sara Niles, Josephine Thompson, 2014
3
Digest of Cases Decided in the Courts of Session, Teinds, ...
V. Duncan, 4 S. D. 48 Duncan V. Duncan, 8 S. D. B. 641 Duncan, Dundee Bank V . 4 S. D. 283 ; 2 W. S. 583 Duncan V. Fea, 2 S. D. 636 Duncan, Fife, E. of, Trs. V. 3 S. D. 241 Duncan V. Forbes, 7 S. D. 821 ; 9 S. D. B. 540 Duncan, Gordon .
Patrick Shaw, 1834
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This Huntin' Business: Being a Comprehensive Guide for the ...
Contents Include: Part 1 Fox Hunting: The Meet - Kit - The Master, his Staff and their Dutiews - And Here a Few Interpretations of Hunting Terms - Etiquette - The Evolution of the Hunting Horn and its Calls - Convention - Scent - Types of ...
Duncan Fife, 2008
5
Amador County
Many of the participants were from the San Francisco peninsula, such as Duncan Fife of Foster City, pictured here with cape and dastardly moustache as “The Villian.” Beside him at stage right in this 1980 production of Dirty Work at the ...
John Poultney, 2006
6
Early Republic: People and Perspectives
Phyfe was born Duncan Fife in Scotland but emigrated to America with his mother and sisters when he was 16. They settled in Albany,New York,where Duncan served a six-year apprenticeship with a cabinetmaker. In 1792, he decided to try ...
Andrew Frank, 2008
7
The Missing and Other Stories
He was the son of the late Duncan Fife, her first husband and only real love. She too, was a Scot, retaining her maiden name, Wallace. Gladys hung up the antique wall phone and returned to her front room easy chair. The room, as always, ...
A. C. Skiffington, 2008
8
The martial atchievements of the Scots nation: being an ...
Upon some of them he was very severe, particularly John Graham Earl of Menteiih, and fejjjgjj Duncan Fife Earl of Fife (b) ; the first had formerly taken an Oath and of Allegiance to himself, and the last to the Lord Baliol as King gTMJ % of ...
Patrick Abercromby, 1715
9
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
While everyone else bids on the Duncan Phyfe table, you could have the " Duncan Fife" table-same antique, wrong spelling-all to yourself. Vet the seller. A seller's reputation lives and dies on the feedback posted with each listing. Pay attention ...
10
New York: A Guide to the Empire State
He came to Albany in 1783, where he was probably apprenticed to a coachmaker, and began his career in New York City in 1792 as Duncan Fife, joiner; but a year later he was Duncan Phyfe, cabinetmaker, and such he continued to be until ...
Federal Writers' Project

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUNCAN FIFE»

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Renaissance Revival just one of several furniture styles popular at …
A: Born in Scotland as Duncan Fife in 1770 and later immigrating to New York, Phyfe became one of America's leading 19th C. cabinetmakers. «Chicago Tribune, May 14»
2
Federal Hill renovation brings generations together
The 1947 mahogany, double- pedestal Duncan Fife-style table sits in the center of the room opposite a built-in, cherry wood breakfront. «Baltimore Sun, Aug 11»
3
Dream home: Top of the world
An excellent example is an inherited Duncan Fife mahogany desk in the living room set opposite a beveled glass cabinet displaying 11-inch ... «Baltimore Sun, Sep 10»

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