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ˈcorn-pipe
A rustic musical instrument made of a stalk of corn.
1549Compl. Scot. vi. 42, I beheld mony..hirdis blauuand ther buc hornis and ther corne pipis. Ibid. vi. 65 The thrid playit on ane trump, the feyrd on ane corne pipe. a1740Tickell (J.), Now the shrill corn-pipes, echoing loud to arms, To rank and file reduce the straggling swarms.
fig.1828Carlyle Goethe's Helena Misc. I 132 And so on, through all the variations of the critical corn-pipe. |