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Tin whistle   /tɪn wˈɪsəl/   Listen
Tin whistle

noun
1.
An inexpensive fipple flute.  Synonyms: pennywhistle, whistle.






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"Tin whistle" Quotes from Famous Books



... Canterbury, Maidstone, etc., we are informed, in reply to our enquiry, that this is no criterion of the real residence, because the place where the traveller last lodged is always entered. The matron told us a story of a clever attempt to obtain admission by a Poor Traveller "with a tin whistle and very gentlemanly hands," who subsequently turned out to be a reporter from the Echo, in which paper there afterwards appeared an account of the Charity, called On ...
— A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land • William R. Hughes



Words linked to "Tin whistle" :   whistle, fipple pipe, recorder, pennywhistle, vertical flute, fipple flute



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