pennywhistle

pen·ny·whis·tle

also penny whistle (pĕn′ē-wĭs′əl, -hwĭs′-)

An inexpensive fipple flute, usually having a plastic mouthpiece and a tin body.

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pennywhistle - an inexpensive fipple flute

tin whistle, whistle

fipple flute, fipple pipe, vertical flute, recorder - a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece

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Souther in a band called Longbranch Pennywhistle. Weird, I thought!

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With Pa Paw's harmonica and Lorraine's pennywhistle, the pair can face just about anything.

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Ajrar made a good impression when winning on debut at Lingfield but the one that catches our eye is Pennywhistle at 9/2.

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owe n PENNYWHISTLE can call time on some very promising rivals in the Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket.

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Cash in on Gosden's filly in mouth-watering Sweet Solera PENNYWHISTLE can call time on some very promising rivals in the Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket.

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At Newmarket, Pennywhistle has her toughest test yet in the germanthoroughbred.com Sweet Solera Stakes (3.45pm).

El of a chance of victory in Rose of Lancaster

Iris Brooks is a widely-published cultural writer who has traveled the world reveling in off-the-beaten-path experiences: playing the pennywhistle for penguins in Antarctica, harvesting herbs in Italy according to the cycles of the moon, and documenting an ancient festival in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, where she acquired an unbound, horizontal, hand-painted book with an ornately carved wooden cover.