cymbal
noun
a concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by being struck together, or singly, by being struck with a drumstick or the like.
cymbaleer
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a word derived from
cymbal.
Example Sentences
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Back from the battlefield elate His banner brings each peer; Come, let us see, at the ancient gate, The martial triumph pass in state— With the princes my cymbaleer.
From Poems by Victor Hugo
Proud earls, who dwell in donjon keep, And steel-clad knight and peer, Whose forts are girt with a moat cut deep— But none excel in soldiership My own loved cymbaleer.
From Poems by Victor Hugo
