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nose flute

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noun

  1. (esp in the South Sea Islands) a type of flute blown through the nose

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Arquette, who has bought the rights to the story of Bozo the Clown and plans to make a film on the children's character, said his "clown thing" was playing the nose flute.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2022

Consisting of Mark Stewart and Rob Schwimmer, it specializes in instruments unlike anything you’ve ever heard: the nose flute, the slide-whistle organ, saxophones made of plumbing.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2017

I could understand it if the festival was for ethnic Tibetan nose flute music or some other worthy-but-financially-precarious-venture, but for big-name comedy?

From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2012

So Kanag went and ate and he said, “Mother, give me that nose flute so I can play.”

From Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore by Fay-Cooper Cole

Just as Malio's nose flute sounded, Halaaniani dropped the bunch of lehua flowers down from the tree, and it fell directly in front of Laielohelohe.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Martha Warren Beckwith

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