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noun
a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used especially in bands.
Origin:
1815–25; < German, equivalent to Glocken bells + Spiel play
1815–25; < German, equivalent to Glocken bells + Spiel play
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Glockenspiel
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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glockenspiel
1825, from Ger., lit. "play of bells," from Glocke "bell" (see clock) + Spiel "a play."
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