musette

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As he cleaned up his paper work and packed his musette, his hands were fumbling, and his mind was full of Sylvia The vastness of Muroc Base was as incredible as ever.

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  1. noun A small French bagpipe operated with a bellows and having a soft sound.
  2. noun A soft pastoral air that imitates bagpipe music.
  3. noun A small canvas or leather bag with a shoulder strap, as one used by soldiers or travelers. Also called musette bag.

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  • With the assistance of Taylor Tolleson a musette filled with Cliff bars and water was "handed" off. —  PezCyclingNews.com
  • Given the amount of hands up during this portion I think every student and faculty member wanted a musette full of these goodies. —  PezCyclingNews.com
  • The term "musette" has its origins in an eighteenth-century French bagpipe-like instrument and the rustic dance-hall music and settings in which it became popular. —  Audiophile Audition Headlines
  • Eventually the bagpipe was replaced by the accordion, and the musette hall became a fashionable gathering place for French Auvergne peoples and Italians. —  Audiophile Audition Headlines
  • Barbez's sound has been influenced by French musette, klezmer, Balkan folk and Brecht / Weill neo-cabaret. —  post-gazette.com - News
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of muse, from muser, to play the musette, muse; see muse.

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  1. French, diminutive of Old French muse, a pipe, a bagpipe, = Italian musa, from Middle Latin musa, a bagpipe, from Latin musa, a song, a Muse: see Muse.
 

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