bagpiper
Americannoun
plural
bagpiperExample Sentences
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The talks at Turnberry began with the spectacle of the president gushing about the prime minister's wife, Victoria, as she stood alongside him, the entire conversation almost drowned out by a nearby bagpiper.
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025
The JRH will then be rowed to a boatyard escorted by a bagpiper, where it will be recycled.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2023
His inability to see had him briefly thinking, of all things, that he was now the second blind bagpiper in his pipe band.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023
The name of the bagpiper was given to us by other locals in Falkland and his surname matched the name of the father on the death certificate of the boy on the bike.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2022
“What a racket,” Madame Ionesco said appreciatively of the bagpiper, as she stumbled half asleep from the hired carriage and flashed her semitoothless grin.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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