Definition of fifes Fifes
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What does fifes mean?
Wiktionary 
- fifes (Noun)
Plural of fife.
Part of speech
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| fife - a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band |
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Wiktionary
- fife (Noun)
A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fife (n.)
A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music. - fife (v. i.)
To play on a fife.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fife
fīf, n. a smaller variety of the flute, usually with only one key.—v.i. to play on the fife.—ns. Fife′-mā′jor (obs.), the chief fifer in a regiment; Fif′er, one who plays on a fife; Fife′-rail, the rail round the mainmast for belaying-pins. [Fr. fifre, Ger. pfeife, both, acc. to Littré, from L. pipāre, to chirp.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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fife
A wooden wind instrument, which is used with the snare-drum for playing military music. The music is produced by blowing through a hole in a reed or tube, while the escape of air is regulated by the fingers stopping or opening a number of other holes in different parts of the pipe.
Wikipedia 
- Fife is a region on the East coast of Scotland. The county town is Glenrothes.
