Definitions
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- noun (Mus.) See 4th
crowd .
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- noun Alternative form of
crwth .
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Examples
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She was, indeed, none other than that 'Fiddling Sinfi' who became famous in many parts of England and Wales as a violinist, and also as the only performer on the old Welsh stringed instrument called the 'crwth,' or cruth.
Aylwin Theodore Watts-Dunton 1873
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After a while she widened her reputation in a curious way as the only performer on the old Welsh stringed instrument called the "crwth," or cruth.
Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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Would the gentle - nun cruth this public fentiment - — is he prepared to admit that he wculcl arreft the progrefs of opinibn?
Congressional Reporter, Containing the Public Documents, and the Debates [in Congress] 1812
knitandpurl commented on the word cruth
"Ubu drums drums, plus Ubu strums cruths (such hubbub, such ruckus): thump, thump; thrum, thrum."
Eunoia by Christian Bök (upgraded edition), p 77
May 22, 2010