trombone

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Of course, the trombone was ancient, tarnished, and badly dented, but I thought it would be fun trying to learn to play.

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  1. noun A brass instrument consisting of a long cylindrical tube bent upon itself twice, ending in a bell-shaped mouth, and having a movable U-shaped slide for producing different pitches.

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  • He played tailgate trombone, and the story was he sat in on gigs with guys like Grappelly and the Reinhardts and Louis Vola and Alix Combelle in the early Paris days. —  Asimov's Science Fiction - 1977_02(002)Summer
  • He did a job on Joel's trombone, and the two got to talking Dixieland. —  Asimov's Science Fiction - 1977_02(002)Summer
  • It was a professional trombone, about the best one you can get. —  The Fabulous Clipjoint
  • But then Trombone Guy screwed up his semifinal performance with an off-key trombone, and stupid David Hasselhoff chose Elvis boy instead of Baton Boy. mallman Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 06: 04 PM EST —  Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories
  • Milk & Jade features Leong on cello, trombone, and electronics, alongside keyboardist Adam Platt, drummer Aviv Cohen, and MC Core Rhythm. —  DCist
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  1. French, from Italian, augmentative of tromba, trumpet, of Germanic origin.

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  1. from French trombone, from Italian trombone, trombone, trumpet, sackbut, from tromba, a trump, trumpet: see trump.
 

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