Pandean pipes
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of Pandean pipes
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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This was done in ancient as it is in modern times, by playing the Pandean pipes.
From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John
These usually play upon one or two violins, a mandoline, and the Pandean pipes.
From Roumania Past and Present by Samuelson, James
There was the music—the same Scotch reels and Irish jigs, played on squeaking fiddles, which were made more inharmonious by the accompaniment of shrill Pandean pipes.
From Run to Earth A Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Tell Fang Kuan to sing us the 'Hsün Meng' ballad; and let only flutes and Pandean pipes be used.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
Ahead of him he saw nothing but dancing sunshine, heard nothing but the Pandean pipes.
From The Auction Block by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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