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uilleann pipe
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uil·leann pipe also uil·lean pipe  (ln, -yn)
n.
A Celtic bagpipe whose air supply is produced by a bellows held under the arm and operated by the elbow. Often used in the plural.

[Irish Gaelic, genitive of uillinn, elbow, from Old Irish uilenn; see el- in Indo-European roots.]


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