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Definition of Mirliton

Mirliton
Mirliton Mir"li*ton, n. [F.] A kind of musical toy into which one sings, hums, or speaks, producing a coarse, reedy sound. Trilby singing ``Ben Bolt' into a mirliton was a thing to be remembered, whether one would or no! --Du Maurier.

Meaning of Mirliton from wikipedia

- Look up mirliton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mirliton may refer to: Mirliton (military), a tall hat worn by hussars and other light cavalrymen...
- previously placed in the obsolete genus Sechium), also known as christophine, mirliton and choko, is an edible plant belonging to the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae...
- Mirliton, Flügelmütze, or Flügelkappe was a tall hat worn by hussars, light cavalrymen, and light infantrymen in the period 1750–1800, remaining in increasingly...
- The eunuch flute, onion flute, or mirliton (/ˈmɜːrlɪtɒn/; French: flûte eunuque, flûte à l'oignon or mirliton; German: Zwiebelflöte) is a membranophone...
- dancers (Tea) Russian dancers (Candy Canes) Danish shepherdesses / French mirliton players (Marzipan) Mother Ginger Polichinelles (Mother Ginger's Children)...
- to a player's voice when the player vocalizes into it. It is a type of mirliton (itself a membranophone), one of a class of instruments that modify the...
- death at the young age of 36. The work was on permanent exhibition at Le Mirliton in the late 1880s and early 1890s. It was first exhibited in the United...
- such Haitian specialties as the red beans and rice and Chayote (or called mirliton; a pear-shaped vegetable) to the Louisiana Creole cuisine. Red beans and...
- the National Convention. On April 25, 1793 the squadron was dissolved. Mirliton: black Collar: black Dolman: black Pelisse: black Facing : black Braids:...
- Hussar from Husaren-Regiment Nr.5 (von Ruesch) in 1744 with the Totenkopf on the mirliton (ger. Flügelmütze)....