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Definition of Tin whistle
1. Noun. An inexpensive fipple flute.
Generic synonyms: Fipple Flute, Fipple Pipe, Recorder, Vertical Flute
Definition of Tin whistle
1. Noun. (music) A small, high-pitched whistle that is blown from the end like a flute and is made of metal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tin Whistle
Literary usage of Tin whistle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Prof. H. Kling's Modern Orchestration and Instrumentation: Or, The Art of by Henri Kling (1905)
"A tin whistle partly filled with water, which is used in Nightingale-Polkas or
for the ... Consists of a small machine or a small wooden or tin whistle, ..."
2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1891)
"With triangle, drum and tin whistle effects. Wife. 4OC. Sweet. ... tin whistle Band.
4°c. C. II. Lewis. Tommy the Donkey. 3<>c. A. Percival. ..."
3. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1891)
"With triangle, drum and tin whistle effects. Old Uncle John and His Educated ...
tin whistle Band. 4oc. c. H. Lewis. Tommy the Donkey, aoc. A. Percival. ..."
4. The Principles and practice of surgery by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1872)
"fourteen years of age, residing in Arundel, NY, inhaled, while running, a tin
whistle formed of two pieces of tin, each about one inch in length by ..."
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