mouth harp
Origin of mouth harp
1An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
- Also called harp.
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How to use mouth harp in a sentence
One man was reading a newspaper while another sat on an end of the table playing a mouth harp.
Hope Hathaway | Frances ParkerThen Sid put down his fiddle and his mouth harp and drawing from his coat pocket a crumpled paper, he began again.
Blue Ridge Country | Jean ThomasWhile he was able to sit up he would play on his mouth harp or hack away at his window sills with his jackknife.
The Troll Garden and Selected Stories | Willa CatherOne of them has a mouth-harp which he plays upon, now and then opening his hands hollowed around the instrument.
Back Home | Eugene WoodThen another man followed with a similar instrument; and last came a youth with a mouth harp.
A Tenderfoot Bride | Clarice E. Richards
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