2. Verb. (third-person singular of kazoo) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kazoos
1. kazoo [n] - See also: kazoo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kazoos
Literary usage of Kazoos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"... billows, cataracts, oceans of acclamation, clapping, stamping, thumping,
horn-tooting, band-blaring, mechanical noise-making with kazoos, bells, sirens. ..."
2. The Musical Amateur: A Book on the Human Side of Music by Robert Haven Schauffler (1911)
"Often with a tremendous show of catholicity, these persons claim to enjoy (somewhat)
everything from kazoos to Knei- sels; though any one with eyes can see ..."
3. Kindergarten Review (1902)
"... having advanced with the growth of the children, and aiming now at a more
musical result than could be attained with the kazoos, whistles, paper bags, ..."
4. Stratagems and Spoils: Stories of Love and Politics by William Allen White (1901)
"... hysterical din of tin-horns, kazoos, stamping of feet, and the clamor of a
multitude of voices. Gregg fell limply into a chair, apart from the others. ..."
5. Images of Israel by Hanan Isachar, Danny Ben-Tal, Hedva Isachar Canetti (1994)
"A bunch of played kazoos as a fanfare. “Usually the of Fools cuts the jelly roll,”
Mrs. Pritchard “But tonight I would like to ask one of our guests to do ..."
6. Noteworthy Philadelphia: A City's Musical Heritage, 1750-1915. by Library Company of Philadelphia (1997)
"The din of kazoos was replaced by string bands around 1902. "On the whole, the
Philadelphia Grotesques behaved ..."
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