Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Sackbut

A corruption of sambuca. (Spanish, sacabuche; Portuguese, saquebuxo; French, saquebute; Latin, sacra buccina, sacred trumpet.)

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