Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—J

Jew's-harp

called by Bacon jeutrompe, by Beaumont and Fletcher, jew-trump, by Hakluyt, jew's-harp. The best players on this instrument have been Koch, a Prussian soldier under Frederick the Great; Kunert, Amstein, and some others.

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

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