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bagpipes

/ ˈbæɡˌpaɪps /

plural noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The property was decked out in tartan, and Violet bought bagpipes and wore Highland dress.

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He said it had been a long journey to be able to play the bagpipes again.

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It wasn’t that long ago, in fact, that he broke out his bagpipes.

Officers lined the street as dozens marched playing bagpipes and drums.

Following victory Wood took off her gloves, traditionally a symbolic gesture from retiring fighters, before leaving the octagon for the final time to the sound of bagpipes.

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