zampogna
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun A sort of bagpipe formerly in use among Italian peasants. It is now almost obsolete.
Examples
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The performance on one night earlier this summer began with the sudden two-tone blast of a zampogna, an Italian bagpipe.
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The player of the _zampogna_ was an old man, with a sad, but very amiable face, who droned out the bass and treble in a most earnest and deprecatory manner.
Note
The word 'zampogna' comes from a Latin word meaning 'musical instrument'.
