bagpipes

/ (ˈbæɡˌpaɪps) /

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any of a family of musical wind instruments in which sounds are produced in reed pipes supplied with air from a bag inflated either by the player's mouth, as in the Irish bagpipes or Highland bagpipes of Scotland, or by arm-operated bellows, as in the Northumbrian bagpipes

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Words nearby bagpipes

Bago, bag of tricks, bag of waters, bag people, bagpipe, bagpipes, B.Agr., Bagram, bags, B.Ag.Sc., bagswinger

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How to use bagpipes in a sentence

There will be prayers, a moment of silence, bagpipes and a military flyover.
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This Scottish fighter came in with a full honor guard, bagpipes, kilts, the whole kit.
Why Spectators Sports Thrive or Die|Michael Tomasky|February 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She speaks to Doug Stanton about her love of very fast cars, mythology, and the Bulgarian bagpipes.
Maggie Stiefvater Talks New Novel ‘The Raven Boys,’ Fast Cars, and YA Fiction|Doug Stanton|September 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
[Laughing] Do you want me to tell you the story of the Bulgarian bagpipes?
Maggie Stiefvater Talks New Novel ‘The Raven Boys,’ Fast Cars, and YA Fiction|Doug Stanton|September 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST

When I was in high school, I started playing the Scottish Highland bagpipes competitively.
Maggie Stiefvater Talks New Novel ‘The Raven Boys,’ Fast Cars, and YA Fiction|Doug Stanton|September 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Everybody was laughing and singing to the tune of an Irish jig that Norah's father was playing on the bagpipes.
Our Little Irish Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
Dr. Farquharson preceeds him with bagpipes, which seemed to-night to have just a slight touch of influenza.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, March 9th 1895|Various
Now or never was their opportunity to gain the “Goat and Bagpipes” unobserved and change their tell-tale garments.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Mantles speckled with colour they wore, and above them were nine bagpipes, four-tuned, ornamented.
The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga|Various
In every village, bagpipes were playing through the livelong night.
Greater Britain|Charles Wentworth Dilke