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单词 moothie
释义

moothien.

Brit. /ˈmuːθi/, U.S. /ˈmuθi/, Scottish English /ˈmuθɪ/
Forms: 1900s– moothie, 1900s– mouthie.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English mooth organ , mouth organ n., -y suffix6.
Etymology: < mooth (in mooth organ, Scots variant of mouth organ n.) + -y suffix6.
Scottish colloquial.
A mouth organ; a harmonica.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > harmonica or mouth-organ
aeolina1829
French harp1855
mouth organ1866
mouth-harp1876
harmonica1880
harp1887
mouth music1887
moothie1936
1936 Evening Tel. & Post (Dundee) 13 Feb. 5/1 We arranged to hae a sang frae Carrots, [and] selections on the mouthie frae Murdo.
1959 People's Jrnl. 15 Aug. (Aberdeen ed.) 7/4 Ah thocht Ah'd tint the airt o' wheeplin' lang syne, bit na, that an' the aul' moothie passes mony an 'oor for me.
1976 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 26 Dec. 14/5 Show-off kids, like me, did recitations and songs and played the moothie.
1989 Sc. World Aug. 36/2 A sympathetic accompaniment on guitars, mandolin, tin whistle and ‘moothie’ make this a very slick production.
2000 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 25 Nov. Not only is he a senior divine, national newspaper columnist, author and former newshound, he is..a mean moothie player as well.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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