Ghittern

Word GHITTERN
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The word "ghittern" in example sentences

Within was the well-worn leather chair for customers, the guitar, then called a ghittern or cittern, with which a customer might amuse himself till his predecessor was dismissed from under Benjamin's hands, and which, therefore, often flayed the ears of the patient metaphorically, while his chin sustained from the razor literal scarification. ❋ Walter Scott (1801)

Within was the well-worn leather chair for customers, the guitar, then called a ghittern or cittern, with which a customer might amuse himself till his predecessor was dismissed from under Benjamin’s hands, and which, therefore, often flayed the ears of the patient metaphorically, while his chin sustained from the razor literal scarification. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Society, there is a curious woodcut representing the interior of a barber's shop, in which, according to the old custom, the person waiting to be shaved is playing on the "ghittern" till his turn arrives. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

[In the "Notices of Popular Histories," printed for the Percy Society, there is a curious woodcut representing the interior of a barber's shop, in which, according to the old custom, the person waiting to be shaved is playing on the "ghittern" till his turn arrives. ❋ Pepys, Samuel (1660)

Would you have a tune on that ghittern, to put your temper in concord for the day? — ❋ Unknown (2004)

De Vaux departed, and in about an hour afterwards, Richard, wrapping his mantle around him, and taking his ghittern in his hand, walked in the direction of the Queen's pavilion. ❋ Unknown (1894)

Would you have a tune on that ghittern, to put your temper in concord for the day? ❋ Walter Scott (1801)

De Vaux departed, and in about an hour afterwards, Richard, wrapping his mantle around him, and taking his ghittern in his hand, walked in the direction of the Queen’s pavilion. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Biliuzza, who went off with the ghittern-player? [ ❋ Giovanni Boccaccio (1344)

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