penny whistle
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Opening track "Sat In Your Lap" featured then-Buggles member Geoff Downes contributing robotic horns via the Fairlight, while "Night of the Swallow" boasts Uilleann Pipes and a penny whistle.
From Salon • Sep. 25, 2022
The group fell quiet as he produced a penny whistle and played a haunting, ethereal melody followed by Cooley’s Reel, a popular Celtic tune.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 6, 2022
He taught himself to play the penny whistle, flute and oud and sang in a boy’s school group.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021
We're not saying this is the best Metallica cover you've ever heard played on a penny whistle, but we reckon it must at least be in the top one.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2020
Willie had run off at last, and the new boy and girl weren’t worth two blasts on a penny whistle.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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