tin whistle

Domain: Universal Words

(also penny whistle) noun a simple musical instrument like a short pipe with six holes, that you play by blowing

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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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tin whistleEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus tin whistleEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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tin whistle