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biniou

/ binju /

noun

  1. a small high-pitched Breton bagpipe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of biniou1

from Breton beniou
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Example Sentences

The drone of the biniou is of boxwood, handsomely inlaid with tin, and has a single or beating reed hidden within the stock.

The sonneur de biniou is blind, and quite wrapped up in his art; he lives, as it were, in a world apart.

The orchestra—two violins, a reed-pipe, a biniou, and a harp—were playing away with might and main.

The biniou is rather like a small bagpipe and produces a wild, shrill sound.

During the repasts a violinist and a biniou-player, dressed in his Breton costume, played to us.

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