noun
Etymology
Origin of mirliton
1810–20; < French: literally, reed-pipe
Example Sentences
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Who doesn't know the Judgment of Paris; to the air of mirliton, mirlitaine?
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de
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
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 Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
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