penny whistle

noun

1. a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal Also calledtin whistle

Example Sentences

Opening track "Sat In Your Lap" featured then-Buggles member Geoff Downes contributing robotic horns via the Fairlight, while "Night of the Swallow" boasts Uilleann Pipes and a penny whistle.

From Salon

Arriving in acorn-shaped containers, the spirit’s gifts include the Badger, assembled on the spot from a sock, a cushion and a couple of back scratchers, and the Thrush, whose components are a gourd, a handkerchief and a penny whistle.

From New York Times

Is that a penny whistle I hear?

From Los Angeles Times

The group fell quiet as he produced a penny whistle and played a haunting, ethereal melody followed by Cooley’s Reel, a popular Celtic tune.

From Science Magazine

He taught himself to play the penny whistle, flute and oud and sang in a boy’s school group.

From Washington Post