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Definition of Pennywhistles
1. pennywhistle [n] - See also: pennywhistle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pennywhistles
Literary usage of Pennywhistles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1853)
"... too lavish all their holiday money in toys and gilt gingerbread, and fill the
house with the Lilliputian din of drums, trumpets, and pennywhistles. ..."
2. Adventure Guide to Scotland by Martin Li (2005)
"There are live folk-music sessions and the resident fiddles, guitars, pennywhistles
and other sundry instruments induce impromptu ceilidhs. ..."
3. Much Bigger Than Grownups: Chronicles of a Native South Africanby Shelley Wood Gauld by Shelley Wood Gauld (2006)
"Below them were slender pennywhistles, comma-shaped brass whistles, silver mouth
organs and black school slates. ..."
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