fife
noun/faɪf/
/faɪf/
- a musical instrument like a small flute that plays high notes and is used with drums in military musicTopics Musicc2Word Originmid 16th cent.: from German Pfeife ‘pipe’, or from French fifre from Swiss German Pfifer ‘piper’.
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