Definition of Tin whistle

1. Noun. An inexpensive fipple flute.


Definition of Tin whistle

1. Noun. (music) A small, high-pitched whistle that is blown from the end like a flute and is made of metal ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tin Whistle

tin openers
tin oxide
tin pest
tin plague
tin plate
tin plates
tin polyphosphates
tin pyrites
tin radioisotopes
tin sandwich
tin sandwiches
tin snips
tin soldier
tin soldiers
tin tabernacle
tin whistle
tin whistles
tinaja
tinajas
tinaksite
tinamides
tinamou
tinamous
tincal
tincalconite
tincals
tinchel
tinchels
tinclad
tinclads

Literary usage of Tin whistle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Prof. H. Kling's Modern Orchestration and Instrumentation: Or, The Art of by Henri Kling (1905)
"A tin whistle partly filled with water, which is used in Nightingale-Polkas or for the ... Consists of a small machine or a small wooden or tin whistle, ..."

2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1891)
"With triangle, drum and tin whistle effects. Wife. 4OC. Sweet. ... tin whistle Band. 4°c. C. II. Lewis. Tommy the Donkey. 3<>c. A. Percival. ..."

3. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1891)
"With triangle, drum and tin whistle effects. Old Uncle John and His Educated ... tin whistle Band. 4oc. c. H. Lewis. Tommy the Donkey, aoc. A. Percival. ..."

4. The Principles and practice of surgery by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1872)
"fourteen years of age, residing in Arundel, NY, inhaled, while running, a tin whistle formed of two pieces of tin, each about one inch in length by ..."

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