The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Moroccans took to the streets to celebrate and local media have shown videos of happy fans driving through Tangier waving the national flag, banging tambourines and honking their horns.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Sporadic chants punctuated a steady stream of tambourines, car horns, applause and cheering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2025
Available are 90 guitars, 62 keyboards, 24 bass guitars, 15 maracas, five ukeleles, two tambourines and a couple of cowbells.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
Six school employees converge in the elementary school music room, where tambourines and xylophones hang from the wall.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023
Aunt Pearl took her place up front with the choir, and the girls picked up their tambourines and sat in metal folding chairs behind her.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
