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strumstrums

strumstrums is the plural of strumstrum.

Meaning of strumstrum

Noun

strumstrum (plural strumstrums)

  1. (archaic, derogatory, often) Any stringed musical instrument that is played with the fingertips, especially one considered to be foreign.
    • […] in the Churches belonging to Indian Towns they have all sorts of Vizards, and strange antick Dresses both for Men and Women, and abundance of Musical Hautboys and Strumstrums. The Strumstrum is made somewhat like a Cittern; most of those that the Indians use are made of a large Goad cut in the...1697, William Dampier, chapter 5, in A New Voyage Round the World, London: James Knapton, page 127

Questions about strumstrums

What is strumstrums the plural of?
Strumstrums is the plural of strumstrum.

Words near strumstrums in the dictionary

  1. strumpetry
  2. strumpets
  3. Strumpshaw
  4. strums
  5. strumstrum
  6. strumstrums
  7. strumulose
  8. strumæ
  9. strung
  10. strung along
  11. strung on

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