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Meaning
Noun
●
In Highland games, Ireland, Musical instruments, Scotland & Woodwind instruments:
A
musical
wind instrument
of Celtic
origin
,
possessing
a
flexible
bag
inflated
by
bellows
, a
double-reed
melody
pipe
and
up to
four
drone
pipes
; any
aerophone
that
produces
sound
using
air
from a
reservoir
to
vibrate
enclosed
reeds.
●
plural of Bagpipe
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Origin
bagpipes
English
bag
English
bagge
Middle English (1100-1500)
baggi
Old Norse
pipes
English
Sourced from
Etym
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