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nose flute

noun

  1. (esp in the South Sea Islands) a type of flute blown through the nose


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Such, for example, is the bamboo nose-flute, occasionally found among the inland tribes of the Malay Peninsula.

Instinctively Fefe's nose-flute resumed its tremolo, and I knew the day was lost.

Another instrument of great importance in the legends is the nose flute (kalaleng).

He played on three primitive instruments—a conch shell, a jew's-harp and a nose flute.

The musical range of the nose-flute was very limited; it had but two or, at the most, three stops.

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