mouth harp

noun South Midland and Southern U.S.

harmonica (def. 1).

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Also called harp.

Origin:
1900–05, Americanism

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mouth harp
noun
a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole [syn: harmonica]

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And all unlooked-for from Your Highness' mouth.
A dearer merit, not so deep a maim
As to be cast forth in the common air,
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