2. Noun. (context: musical instruments) A set of customized hardware that is part of a drum kit. Breakables typically consist of: the drummer's cymbals including high-hats, the snare drum, the kick pedal and the drummer's stool. ¹
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Definition of Breakables
1. breakable [n] - See also: breakable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breakables
Literary usage of Breakables
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The California earthquake of April 18, 1906: Report of the state earthquake by Andrew Cowper Lawson, Harry Fielding Reid (1908)
"The earthquake resulted in severe damage to breakables and heavy loss of ...
Those losing about half of the breakables are shown in the second column, ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"... but the conductor objected to our doing so as it belonged in the category
of "breakables." And we had to exclaim, "Land of red tape, again. ..."
3. The Bookman (1890)
"... for the purpose of explaining to a phlegmatic Scot that he would know it by
a broken strap, and must lift it out gently, for it contained breakables. ..."
4. A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards (1891)
"... doors closed ; breakables removed to a place of safety, and everything made
snug, as if for a storm at sea, we put off from Mahatta at seven AM on a ..."
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