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    tin whistle

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌtin ˈwhistle noun [countable]  a musical instrument like a small pipe with six holes, that you play by blowing 六孔小笛，六孔哨
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    tin whistle• She might as well have had a tin whistle buried in that neck of hers.• The older man plays an accordion, and the younger one plays a tin whistle in the musical interlude.• I walked up to one young guy in full get-up playing the tin whistle near the Harness and Saddle maker store.
    ˌtin ˈwhistle nounChineseSyllable
    small a instrument Corpus like with pipe musical a


    tin whistle
    ˌtin ˈwhistle noun [countable]
    a musical instrument like a small pipe with six holes, that you play by blowing


    tin whistleBrE /ˌtɪn ˈwɪsl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtɪn ˈwɪsl/ 🔊 (also ˌpenny ˈwhistle) nouna simple musical instrument like a short pipe with six holes, that you play by blowing 六孔小笛；六孔哨