Stradivarius
/ˌstradɪˈvɛːrɪəs
/noun
A violin or other stringed instrument made by Antonio Stradivari or his followers.Initially the only thing Burk noticed about this man was his violin: a genuine Stradivarius....
- Jennifer also hit the headlines after it was revealed she played Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto on a Stradivarius in the final of the competition.
- He also shares with us that the violin he plays on this CD is a 1727 Stradivarius that once belonged to Rodolphe Kreutzer.
Origin
Mid 19th century: Latinized form of Stradivari, Antonio.
Rhymes
- you can't put an old head on young shoulders
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- you can't win them all (or win some, lose some)
- you could have fooled me!
- you could have knocked me (or her, him, etc.) down with a feather
- you couldn't make it up
- you'd
- you don't say (or you don't say so)!
- Youghiogheny River
- you have no idea
- you haven't lived!
- youing
- you know
- you know something (or what)?
- you-know-who (or you-know-what)
- you'll
- you may (or might) as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
- you must be (or have to be) joking
- you must be (or have to be) kidding
- you name it
- you never know
- young
- young adult
- young adult offender
- Young America