Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Crowd

or Crouth. A species of fiddle with six or more strings. The last noted player on this instrument was John Morgan, who died 1720. (Welsh, crwth.)

“O sweet consent, between a crowd and a Jew's harp!”Lyly.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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