fiddle player

collocation in English

meaningsoffiddleandplayer

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fiddle
noun
uk
/ˈfɪd.əl/us
/ˈfɪd.əl/
informal
a ...
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player
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpleɪ.ər/us
/ˈpleɪ.ɚ/
someone who takes part in a game ...
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(Definition offiddleandplayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffiddle player

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His only crime was that he was afiddleplayer.
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He had learned this skill from his father, who was an accomplishedfiddleplayer.
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While he played both banjo and fiddle throughout his career, he only made recordings as afiddleplayer.
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He was a competent harmonica player,fiddleplayerand sang many of his most memorable songs a cappella.
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The band seldom had afiddleplayer, but was often asked to play at square dances.
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His father was a teacher andfiddleplayer.
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Byrd was an avidfiddleplayerfor most of his life, starting in his teens when he played in various square dance bands.
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He was both a master boatman andfiddleplayer.
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His grandmother who was a gifted piano andfiddleplayer.
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Her father, a baker, had been afiddleplayer.
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Usually there are a number of talented fiddle players, and, if possible, a caller.
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He was called one of the country's best known flute and fiddle players when he died.
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Shorter bowstrokes are also consistent with the fiddle players' tendency to use less legato and more detache bow strokes.
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He contends that by 1930 over 50 different black blues fiddle players had recordings.
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The squeezebox and fiddle players normally carry the main burden of the tune, while attractive decorative effects are produced by supporting musicians with less powerful instruments.
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