pennywhistle
Meanings
Plural: pennywhistles
Noun
- an inexpensive fipple flute
- A six-holed flute-like instrument with a fipple. They have approximately a two octave range (sometimes a little higher). Stereotypically, they are made out of tin, but in reality they come in all sorts of varieties, including tin, brass, nickel, cane, polymer, etc.
Origin / Etymology
From penny + whistle.
Synonyms
tin whistle, whistle
Scrabble Score: 23
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Words With Friends Score: 25
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