guitarstring

plural guitarstrings

1. alternativeAlternative form of guitar string.

   “Good morning,” said the smallish man, removing his hat. He had a voice like a steel guitarstring.

   2000, Queen, Ellery, The King is Dead, G.K. Hall & Co., page 11

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   I want to talk about what you’ve been reading, and I am about to try, except a minute snap'thrum like a guitarstring breaking far away makes me turn from the window and say, “What did you say?”

   2013, Cotler, T. Zachary, Ghost at the Loom, MP Publishing, page 196

   The closet whispered, the fireplace sighed, the little washing-stand ticked, and one guitarstring played occasionally in the chest of drawers

   2012, Tyler, Daniel, A Guide at Dickens’ London, Hesperus, page 59

   After some technical difficulties with broken guitarstrings, The Implants, a local group, opened up the show.

   1999, The Vermont Cynic, University of Vermont, page 12

   I didn’t floss or wipe the greaze from my fingers before the concert, hoping to get maximum mileage from the natural oils of the beast that provided me energy and fuel that night, straight to my guitarstrings for optimal tone and attitude.

   2002, Nugent, Ted, Kill it & grill it : a guide to preparing and cooking wild game and fish, Regnery Pub. page 6