http://wordie.org/words/pizzicato Comments for the word 'Pizzicato' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/pizzicato#comments "Stephen walked over to his 'cello and sitting on the stern-window locker he played over the Rakes of Kerry in <a href="/words/pizzicato">pizzicato</a>. 'You should hear that at some far grassy crossroads on a fine <a href="/words/Beltane">Beltane</a> night with the fire on the hill and the pipes playing and five fiddles and the young men dancing as though they were possessed and the young women as demure as mice but never missing a step.'"<br />--Patrick O'Brian, <i>The Nutmeg of Consolation</i>, 261 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:54:43 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/pizzicato#comments http://wordie.org/words/pizzicato#comments I'm reminded of a teacher I once had. She would utter this word with particular <a href="/words/aplomb">aplomb</a>. Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:09:51 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/pizzicato#comments