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Jews' harp   /dʒuz hɑrp/   Listen
Jews' harp

noun
1.
A small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity.  Synonyms: jew's harp, mouth bow.





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"Jews' harp" Quotes from Famous Books



... soprano, and a bass and tenor, too. I can thrill and slur and frill and whirr and shake you through and through. I'm a Jews' harp—I'm an organ—I'm a fiddle and a flute. Every kind of touching sound is found in ...
— Wild Animals at Home • Ernest Thompson Seton


Words linked to "Jews' harp" :   musical instrument, instrument, jew's harp


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