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biniou
/ binju /
noun
- a small high-pitched Breton bagpipe
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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.
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The sonneur de biniou is blind, and quite wrapped up in his art; he lives, as it were, in a world apart.
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The orchestra—two violins, a reed-pipe, a biniou, and a harp—were playing away with might and main.
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The biniou is rather like a small bagpipe and produces a wild, shrill sound.
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During the repasts a violinist and a biniou-player, dressed in his Breton costume, played to us.
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