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Bagpipes

//ˈbæɡˌpaɪps// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds. plural, plural-normally

    "Bagpipes are traditionally played in most Celtic regions and many former parts of the British Empire."

  2. 2
    plural of Bagpipe form-of, plural

Etymology

From earlier bagpipe, from Middle English bagpipe; equivalent to bag + pipes.

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