Pandean
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Pandean
Example Sentences
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Tell Fang Kuan to sing us the 'Hsün Meng' ballad; and let only flutes and Pandean pipes be used.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
Another conceit in the form of a Sphinx or Pandean pipe has been attributed to Theocritus—perhaps without good foundation.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan
Sounds of alguja, a kind of Pandean pipe with seven openings, struck our attention; their music was wafted by the wind quite distinctly from somewhere in the wood.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
Progress has banished those Pandean spirits from the woodlands, but the moon is the mother of magic, and her children steal out, furtive, half fearful, when she raises her lamp as of old.
From The Orchard of Tears by Rohmer, Sax
Always, while he was preparing some new trick, a man kept playing on the Pandean pipes, and beating a drum at the same time.
From The Pleasures of the Country Simple Stories for Young People by Myrtle, Harriet
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