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bagpipes

British  
/ ˈbæɡˌpaɪps /

plural noun

  1. 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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Armed with just a set of bagpipes, the Scotsman played his way into danger when his regiment was in chaos and panic.

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Belief swirled like the skirl of the bagpipes.

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After three hours of worship from Christian music artists, the service opened with bagpipes playing “Amazing Grace.”

From Salon

The hilltop temples echoed with chants, while dance troupes performed with clanging cymbals and bagpipes.

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He emerged on stage to the sound of Scotland The Brave on bagpipes - a nod to his Scottish father.

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