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Definition of Mirlitons

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 Mirlitons 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...
- (G Minor) Chinese Dance (tea) (B-Flat Major) Dance of the Reed Flutes (Mirlitons) (D Major) Waltz of the Flowers (D Major) The Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's...
- Retrieved 25 May 2020. "mirliton". Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged (11th. ed.). Retrieved 31 August 2012. "Mirlitons". Cooking Louisiana...
- Hourgl****-Shaped, Conical, Goblet-Shaped, Cylindro-Conical, and Vase-Shaped drums. Mirlitons, Kazoos and Swazzles vibrate in sympathy with sounds travelling across...
- death's head emblem. The three French Ch****eurs à Cheval in the center wear mirlitons. Their uniforms are from 1799. References Kiley, Kevin (2014). An Illustrated...
- 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...
- 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...
- adopted a black uniform with a Totenkopf emblazoned on the front of its mirlitons and wore it on the field in the War of Austrian Succession and in the...
- Muir singing "Everyone's a fruit and nutcase" to the tune of "Danse des mirlitons" from Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker. In Ireland, Cadbury Dairy Milk...
- to the category of "singing membranophones", sometimes called "mirlitons" after "mirliton", another name for the eunuch flute. Playing comb and paper is...