noun
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Etymology
Origin of mirliton
1810–20; < French: literally, reed-pipe
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Horace Vernet entertained us with his ventriloquizing powers, M. Salmon with his imitation of a horn, and Dugazon actually with a mirliton solo.
From Great Italian and French Composers by George T. (George Titus) Ferris
Beat the caviare to a cream and pound the peaches to a pulp; then add the sugar and millet and stir vigorously with a mirliton.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 4, 1917 by Various
Who doesn't know the Judgment of Paris; to the air of mirliton, mirlitaine?
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Charles Paul de Kock
Also called mirlitons in Louisiana, this squash boasts a smooth, pale-green skin surrounding firm flesh with a single large seed.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
They sold many things: nougat, pain d'èpices, mirlitons, hoops, drums, noisy battledoors and shuttlecocks; and little ten-sou hand-mirrors, neatly bound in zinc, that could open and shut.
From Peter Ibbetson by George Du Maurier
Instead of giving reply, my good master began to sing, with rather a strong voice: "Pour mettre en gout le roi Louison On a pris quinze mirlitons Landerinette Qui tous le balai ont roll Landeriri."
From The Queen Pedauque by Jos. A. V. Stritzko
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