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Meanings of bass fiddle in English

Portuguese
contrabaixo
Catalan
violó
Wikidata

Largest and lowest member of the violin family.

        contrabaixo
        Usage of bass fiddle in English
        1
        I play the big bass fiddle and the violin right off, and-
        Life in the Clearings versus the Bush
        2
        Did you ever hear of a toy bass fiddle, let alone one that size?
        The petrified ants
        3
        You saved a bass fiddle and some magic tricks.
        Shadowland
        4
        Stooping low, Dora sawed away at the kite line, which was as taut as a string on a bass fiddle.
        The Rover Boys in the Jungle; Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa
        5
        Costigan, the cattle-man, a strapping Irish giant, was clearing his throat with ominous sounds that suggested the tuning-up of a bass fiddle.
        Judith of the Plains
        6
        When he inquired about the matter, the lady said, "Cellos and bass fiddles go half fare."
        The new yorker
        7
        "I hugged bass fiddle for many a year," he once told me.
        The Parish Clerk
        8
        "You did then, as loud as your bass fiddle."
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 / A Magazi...
        9
        "Could it be a child's toy bass fiddle that got washed into that layer with the ant somehow?" he said.
        The petrified ants
        Translations for bass fiddle