flageolet
noun
a small end-blown flute with four finger holes in front and two in the rear.
flageolets
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pluralof flageolet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It was in September, so all the ingredients were in season: courgettes, tomatoes, green beans, peas, basil, flageolets – and loads of garlic.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2019
To the west, the neighborhood was older, full of businesses like Le Cristal, a grotty, busy brasserie where a creaky-voiced waitress served me roast lamb in a flood of flageolets.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2011
She also cooks dinner at home around 6:30, relying on bourgeois fare like gigot with flageolets.
From Time Magazine Archive
In front go a body of musicians with blare of the straight Roman trumpet and the scream of the flageolets; behind these comes the high official who has charge of the particular festival.
From Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul by T. G. (Thomas George) Tucker
There, in their scarlet cart, the bandsmen tuned Bugles that whinnied, flageolets that crooned And strings that whined and grunted.
From King Cole by John Masefield
