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piccolo|ˈpɪkələʊ|
[a. It. piccolo small; hence absol., a small flute.]
1. (orig. piccolo flute.) A small flute, an octave higher in pitch than the ordinary flute; also called the octave flute.
1856Mrs. C. Clarke tr. Berlioz' Instrument. 121 Piccolo flutes are strangely abused now-a-days. 1864Leech in J. Brown Horæ Subsecivæ (1882) 45 Thackeray..playing on the piccolo. 1900Chr. Progress Mar. 44 When in the great orchestra the little piccolo did not do its part in the rehearsal.
2. An organ stop having the tone of the piccolo.
1875Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms (1898) 360/2 Piccolo, an organ stop of 2 ft. length—the pipes are of wood, the tone bright and piercing.
3. (for piccolo piano.) A small upright pianoforte.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Piccolo, a small pianoforte. 1880Hipkins in Grove Dict. Mus. II. 751/1 The ‘piccolo’ was finished to stand out in the room away from the wall.
4. A boy who assists a waiter at a hotel, restaurant, etc.; a page at a hotel.
1910‘Saki’ Reginald in Russia 71 Watching the amount that I gave to the piccolo. 1926R. Hall Adam's Breed i. x. 94 He had six enormous aprons... He had been very generously equipped for his duties as ‘piccolo’. 1927Observer 19 June 12 [German hotels] Head waiter..; elder page,..younger page,..‘piccolo’, or very small page,..still smaller ‘piccolo’, just beginning career. 1960O. Manning Great Fortune iii. 31 The piccolo arrived, a scrap of a boy, laden with bottles, glasses and plates. 1972L. P. Bachmann Ultimate Act i. 9 In his early teens he began work as a piccolo in hotels and restaurants.
5. = juke-box. U.S. slang.
1938N.Y. Amsterdam News 12 Mar. 17 The Harlem Hamfats grind out the tune on myriad Harlem piccolos. 1946E. Bishop North & S. 50 He's drinking in the warm pink glow To th' accompaniment of the piccolo. 1950Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xiv. 52 [S. Carolina] Piccolo, an automatic music box, worked by a nickel slot machine. Origin undetermined. 1970C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 91 Piccolo,..juke box.
Hence ˈpiccoloist, one who plays on the piccolo.
1881Pennsylv. Sch. Jrnl. XXX. 125, I was his successor as picoloist. |