siter
noun
si·ter ˈsē-ˌter 
plural siters
: a small, oblong Indonesian zither with 11 to 13 double string courses on one side of the sound box and often a second set of strings in a different tuning on the other and is plucked with the thumbnails typically in a gamelan ensemble
The siter is a smaller version of the celempung with fewer strings, and an octave higher in pitch.
Jennifer Lindsay, Javanese Gamelan, 1992
Jennifer Lindsay, Javanese Gamelan, 1992
Word History
First Known Use
1964, in the meaning defined above
- (as) good as new
- (as) guilty as sin
- (as) guilty/miserable/ugly as sin
- (as) happy as a clam
- (as) hard/tough as nails
- (as) keen as mustard
- (as) large as life
- (as) near as someone can tell/figure
- (as) plain as day
- (as) plain as the nose on your face
- (as) pleased as punch
- (as) pretty as a picture
- (as) pure as the driven snow
- (as) quick as a wink
- (as) right as rain
- (as) sick as a dog
- (as) smooth as silk
- (as) sober as a judge
- (as) solid as a rock
- (as) sound as a bell
- (as) stubborn as a mule
- (as) sure as I'm standing here
- (as) tough as old boots
- (as) ugly as sin
- (as) warm as toast