Turkish crescent
noun
: a percussion instrument consisting of a long stick with attached crescents and other ornate shapes from which hang small bells and jingles that are sounded by shaking the stick
called also Chinese crescent, Chinese pavilion, jingling Johnnie, jingling Johnny, pavillon chinois
Word History
First Known Use
1843, in the meaning defined above
- long green
- long handle
- long haul
- long hauler
- long haulers
- long hauls
- long hop
- long horse
- long hours
- long hundred
- long hundredweight
- long hunter
- long in coming
- long in the tooth
- long iron
- Long Island
- Long Island City
- Long Island Sound
- long islander
- long Jack
- long jenny
- long John
- long johns
- long jump
- long jumper