slide-trombone love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A trombone with a slide instead of keys. See trombone.

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Examples

  • There's a man down there you'll likely meet: Charly Stone, playing his slide-trombone

    Hans Theessink Lyrics 2009

  • Both of them put together would hardly make a full-sized warrior, and both play the slide-trombone in the band.

    A Village of Vagabonds

  • A third complained that on Sunday afternoons the old man sat on his front porch and played Die Wacht am Rhein on a slide-trombone, to the great annoyance of his neighbours.

    IX. Book Three: Sunrise on the Prairie 1922

  • It is supposed to say chug-chug a couple of times impatiently, and then go scooting away, chug-chugging like an inspired slide-trombone.

    Cobb's Bill-of-Fare Peter Newell 1910

  • A third complained that on Sunday afternoons the old man sat on his front porch and played Die Wacht am Rhein on a slide-trombone, to the great annoyance of his neighbours.

    One of Ours Willa Sibert Cather 1910

  • The slide-trombone is a joy alone, and the drummer!

    A Book for Kids 1907

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  • Called a "slush pump" by a band mate.

    December 9, 2010