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bagpipe

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bag·pipe  (bgpp)
n.
A musical instrument having a flexible bag inflated either by a tube with valves or by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe, and from one to four drone pipes. Often used in the plural.

bagpipe v.
bagpiper n.

bagpipe [ˈbægˌpaɪp]
n
(Music / Instruments) (modifier) of or relating to the bagpipes a bagpipe maker
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bagpipebagpipe - a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone
chanter, melody pipe - reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
bourdon, drone pipe, drone - a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
musette, shepherd's pipe - a small bagpipe formerly popular in France
pipe - a tubular wind instrument
Translations
bagpipe(s)
n(pl)Dudelsack m


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Give the lads a bagpipe instead of a rattle, and I'll answer for it the corn 'll be safe.
The notes of a Zamora bagpipe accompanied them, and with modesty in their countenances and in their eyes, and lightness in their feet, they looked the best dancers in the world.
He was the usual cut and dry apothecary, of no particular age and colour, with a strong Edinburgh accent and about as emotional as a bagpipe.
 
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