单词 | pifferaro |
释义 | pifferaron. A person who plays the piffero. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > piper or bagpiper piperOE whistlerc1000 stivourc1330 bagpiperc1440 droner1502 pifferaro1833 1833 Lady Morgan Manor Sackville ii, in Dramatic Scenes I. 110 You are a pifferaro—a Roman pifferaro! 1860 Once a Week 14 July 71/2 Three of the pifferari whom you find at Christmas time in such numbers in the Piazza di Spagna at Rome. 1920 Punch 30 June 510/3 The local condettieri, pifferari, banditti and lazzaroni. 1977 Gramophone June 41/3 He also draws a marvellously keen, edgy sound from piccolo and oboe in the Serenade, for all the world like a pifferaro squealing on the Abruzzi air. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833 |
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