mouth harp

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noun South Midland and Southern U.S.

harmonica(def 1).

Origin of mouth harp

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Also called harp.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words for mouth harp

harp, harmonicon, harmonica, kazoo, panpipe

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Historical Examples of mouth harp

Finally he complained that he could not find his mouth-harp.
In Our Town
William Allen White
When he dropped the mouth-harp, he lay very still for a time, though his lips moved incessantly.
In Our Town
William Allen White
One of them has a mouth-harp which he plays upon, now and then opening his hands hollowed around the instrument.
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Eugene Wood