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单词 lagerphone
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Definition of lagerphone in English:

lagerphone

noun ˈlɑːɡəfəʊn
Australian, NZ
  • An improvised percussion instrument consisting of rows of metal bottle tops attached to a pole, producing a jingling noise when it is scraped or struck on the ground.

    he pounds his lagerphone on the floor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've been involved in the making of lots of lagerphones.
    • No one knows when the lagerphone originated, but certainly when the shearers were rained in they did bush music.
    • While not commonly known by name, the lagerphone is a traditional bush percussion instrument made from a large stick and bottle caps.
    • They show the children how to make simple musical instruments such as zithers, drums, and lagerphones.
    • The lagerphone is a traditional bush rhythm instrument, made from bottle tops nailed to a hoe handle.
    • Look at the clips we'll be putting online about how to play the lagerphone.
    • In the 1950s, lagerphones suddenly appeared all over the country, becoming the signature of the revival bush bands.
    • I made this lagerphone myself from an old farm artefact from early farming days.
    • When you want to re-tune the lagerphone, you just drink a few more beers.
    • The do-it-yourself display also includes the lagerphone, the candolin (a mandolin made from four beer cans which act as resonators), and a eucalyptus-branch slide whistle.

Origin

1950s: from lager (because of the beer-bottle tops used) + -phone.

 
 
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