10 LIBROS DEL INGLÉS RELACIONADOS CON «HUMSTRUM»
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humstrum en la siguiente selección bibliográfica. Libros relacionados con
humstrum y pequeños extractos de los mismos para contextualizar su uso en la literatura.
1
Mose Skinner's Great World's Jubilee and
Humstrum Convulsion
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The English dialect dictionary
HUMSTRUM, sb.2 and ad]. th. \Var. Oxf. \Vil. Dor. Slang. ['em-strum] 1. sb. A rude
kind of musical instrument. Nbp.' Sometimes applied to the [pianol when crazy, or
out of tune. \Vil. [A] home~made fiddle, SLow Gl. (1892); Wil.l Sometimes ...
3
Lexicon Balatronicum. A dictionary of Buckish slang, ...
HUMSTRUM. A musical instrument made of a mopstick, a bladder, and some
packthread, thence also called a bladder and string and hurdy-gurdy: it is played
on like a violin, which is sometimes ludicrously called, a humstrum: sometimes, ...
Francis Grose, Pierce Egan, 1823
4
Thomas Hardy's Wessex Scene
minded, is what was called a " humstrum," or old Dorset Viol, which has long
passed out of use. William Barnes wrote of it's passing, somewhat in sorrow,
though, from all accounts, it was a " passing poor " instrument. His lines are as
follows ...
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Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Humstrum. A musical instrument made of a mopstick, a bladder, and some
packthread, thence also called a bladder and string and hurdy-gurdy : it is played
on like a violin, which is sometimes ludicrously called a humstrum : sometimes, ...
Francis Grose, Pierce Egan, 1823
6
Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Humstrum. A musical instrument made of a mopstick, a bladder, and some
packthread, thence also called a bladder and string and hurdy-gurdy: it is played
on like a violin, which is sometimes ludicrously called a humstrum : sometimes, ...
Francis Grose, Pierce Egan, 1823
7
Sympathy in search of peace at home
Come out ! you humstrum run-a-way flincher," said the surgeon ; " come, and let
us see what you have there." The officer thought this a good opportunity for
displaying his curiosity; so out he marched with a grave countenance, still
continuing ...
Henry Barnet Gascoigne, 1821
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Grose's Classical Dictionary of Th Vulgar Tongue: Revised ...
Humstrum. A musical instrument made of a mopstick, a bladder, and some
packthread, thence also called a bladder and string and hurdy-gurdy : it is played
on like a violin, which is sometimes ludicrously called a humstrum : sometimes, ...
Francis Grose, Pierce Egan, 1823
9
The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial ...
41 friend Humstrum, how is this ? Is the music trade fallen off, and do you. take up
the trade of a cabinetmaker?" " Good! .good!" answered my friend, laughing
heartily: " what! are you taken in too? Cabinetmaker, indeed ! that 's a good joke.
George Cruikshank, Robert Cruikshank, 1805
10
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: comprehending an account ...
... this getting double pay, for thus he secured the sale of a hurried work.' 3 In the
opening lines of Gotham, Bk. iii, there is a passage of great beauty and
tenderness. humstrum Aetat. 54.] Bonnell Thornton s Ode. 487 humstrum or
hurdy-gurdy,
James Boswell, Edmond Malone, 1799
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humstrum en el contexto de las siguientes noticias.
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