Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Jew’s-harp,

Jew’s-eye.

Jew’s Myrtle.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


Jew’s-harp,

called by Bacon jeutrompe, by Beaumont and Fletcher, jew-trump, by Hakluyt, jew’s-harp.	1
The best players on this instrument have been Koch, a Prussian soldier under Frederick the Great; Kunert, Amstein, and some others.	2

Jew’s-eye.

Jew’s Myrtle.

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