The young gentleman had a musette over his shoulder.
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Musette
//mjuːˈzɛt//
Synonyms for "musette" (25 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (12)
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30 translations across 8 languages.
Dutch
3 entries- musette noun (any of various small bagpipes having a soft sound, especially with a bellows)
- musette noun (pastoral air or tune that has a drone imitating this instrument; dance performed to this music)
- musette noun (small bag or knapsack with a shoulder strap)
Finnish
4 entries- musetti noun (any of various small bagpipes having a soft sound, especially with a bellows)
- musetti noun (pastoral air or tune that has a drone imitating this instrument; dance performed to this music)
- musetti noun (small oboe without a cap for its reed)
- musetti noun (organ stop using reed pipes with cone-shaped resonators)
French
4 entries- musette noun (any of various small bagpipes having a soft sound, especially with a bellows)
- musette noun (pastoral air or tune that has a drone imitating this instrument; dance performed to this music)
- musette noun (small oboe without a cap for its reed)
- musette noun (organ stop using reed pipes with cone-shaped resonators)
German
3 entries- Musette noun (any of various small bagpipes having a soft sound, especially with a bellows)
- Musette noun (pastoral air or tune that has a drone imitating this instrument; dance performed to this music)
- Musette noun (small oboe without a cap for its reed)
Hungarian
1 entries- tarsoly noun (small bag or knapsack with a shoulder strap)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- musette noun (small oboe without a cap for its reed)
Polish
4 entries- musette noun (any of various small bagpipes having a soft sound, especially with a bellows)
- musette noun (pastoral air or tune that has a drone imitating this instrument; dance performed to this music)
- obojczyk musette noun (small oboe without a cap for its reed)
- organy musette noun (organ stop using reed pipes with cone-shaped resonators)
Spanish
4 entries- chuspa noun (small bag or knapsack with a shoulder strap)
- macuto noun (small bag or knapsack with a shoulder strap)
- morral noun (small bag or knapsack with a shoulder strap)
- tanate noun (small bag or knapsack with a shoulder strap)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
I gave them money for platform tickets and had them take my baggage. There was a big rucksack and two musettes.
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Yossarian watched Chief White Halfoat pour whiskey carefully into three empty shampoo bottles and store them away in the musette bag he was packing.
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