| 单词 | penny whistle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenny whistle penny whistle n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > pipe > [noun] > whistle > other whistles penny whistle1730 sap-whistle1740 Galton's whistle1904 Swanee whistle1926 pikipiki1933 1730 G. Odingsells Bays's Opera iii. 64 Musicians with Halters about their Necks—Their Instruments strung behind, penny Whistles, Trumpets, and so forth, in their Hands. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. x. 233 Pipes!—They look more like penny-whistles. 1931 N. Douglas London Street Games (ed. 2) 29 I went down the lane to buy a penny whistle, A copper came by and pinch my penny whistle. 2000 M. Fletcher Silver Linings (2001) iv. 72 Young Jimmy [sc. James Galway] began with the penny-whistle, graduated to the flute, and by the age of nine was playing for a flute band in Orange Order parades. penny whistle Used in various forms and sizes for many different purposes: esp. (blown by the mouth) by boatswains, policemen, etc., for calling dogs or horses, or the like, or (blown by steam) on railway engines, steam-ships, etc., for giving a signal or alarm; also as a musical toy, usually of tin and pierced with six holes (commonly called penny whistle, tin whistle). †Almain or German whistle, a fife.extracted from whistlen.< as lemmas |
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