Word: sackbut
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That was his name. According to one story, which has the smell of truth, he was never christened Francis; his friends called him Francis for a nickname, as you might say "Frenchy" or "Frog," because of his madness for French poetry, French amour, French cooking. He could play the sackbut and he sang, in a voice not very even, but bright and moving, the songs of the trouvères. For the rest he was thin, fastidiously jeweled, ingenuous rather than witty, and supremely gay. His father, Pietro Bernardone, a substantial citizen, was banner-bearer of the guild...