Chinese crescent

noun

1. crescent.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Chinese crescent¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Johann Christian Bach composed songs for Vauxhall every season for fifteen years, though even he must have felt upstaged by an Italian gentleman called Rivolta whose novelty act at the Gardens involved his playing eight musical instruments simultaneously: pandean pipes, tabor, Spanish guitar, triangle, harmonica, Chinese crescent, cymbals and bass drum.

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This year's second and third place winners were a couple of scraggly haired Chinese Crescent and Chihuahua mixes named Sweepee and Frodo.

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