penny whistle
noun
variants
or less commonly pennywhistle
plural penny whistles also pennywhistles
1
: a small fipple flute : tin whistle
2
: a toy whistle
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Cosmo Sheldrake took out a pennywhistle and played.
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New York Times, 27 July 2022
His act often features other instruments, as well, including the pennywhistle or the violin.
—oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2022
Ms. Sankoff and Mr. Hein, who wrote the music as well as the book and lyrics, know that there’s nothing like a steady Gaelic drumbeat and a lilting pennywhistle to turn a skeptical audience into Pavlov’s slobbering dogs.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2017
But as Mr. de Blasio begins his campaign for re-election this year, his tone has become markedly more modest, and his trumpet more of a pennywhistle.
—J. David Goodman and William Neuman, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2017
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New York Times, 27 July 2022
His act often features other instruments, as well, including the pennywhistle or the violin.
—oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2022
Ms. Sankoff and Mr. Hein, who wrote the music as well as the book and lyrics, know that there’s nothing like a steady Gaelic drumbeat and a lilting pennywhistle to turn a skeptical audience into Pavlov’s slobbering dogs.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2017
But as Mr. de Blasio begins his campaign for re-election this year, his tone has become markedly more modest, and his trumpet more of a pennywhistle.
—J. David Goodman and William Neuman, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2017
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