bagpipes
/ (ˈbæɡˌpaɪps) /
any of a family of musical wind instruments in which sounds are produced in reed pipes supplied with air from a bag inflated either by the player's mouth, as in the Irish bagpipes or Highland bagpipes of Scotland, or by arm-operated bellows, as in the Northumbrian bagpipes
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How to use bagpipes in a sentence
There will be prayers, a moment of silence, bagpipes and a military flyover.
Dallas Lays Elaborate but Dignified Plans to Celebrate Assassination Anniversary | Helen Anders | November 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis Scottish fighter came in with a full honor guard, bagpipes, kilts, the whole kit.
She speaks to Doug Stanton about her love of very fast cars, mythology, and the Bulgarian bagpipes.
Maggie Stiefvater Talks New Novel ‘The Raven Boys,’ Fast Cars, and YA Fiction | Doug Stanton | September 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST[Laughing] Do you want me to tell you the story of the Bulgarian bagpipes?
Maggie Stiefvater Talks New Novel ‘The Raven Boys,’ Fast Cars, and YA Fiction | Doug Stanton | September 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen I was in high school, I started playing the Scottish Highland bagpipes competitively.
Maggie Stiefvater Talks New Novel ‘The Raven Boys,’ Fast Cars, and YA Fiction | Doug Stanton | September 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Everybody was laughing and singing to the tune of an Irish jig that Norah's father was playing on the bagpipes.
Our Little Irish Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeDr. Farquharson preceeds him with bagpipes, which seemed to-night to have just a slight touch of influenza.
Now or never was their opportunity to gain the “Goat and bagpipes” unobserved and change their tell-tale garments.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonMantles speckled with colour they wore, and above them were nine bagpipes, four-tuned, ornamented.
In every village, bagpipes were playing through the livelong night.
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