Definitions
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- noun Archaic form of
xylophone .
Etymologies
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See xylophone.
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Examples
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The Countess had laughed with the melodious zylophone note that caressed the ear, and had flashed on Jusseret her smile which was a magic thing of ivory and flesh and sudden sunshine.
The Lighted Match Charles Neville Buck 1904
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That zylophone looks professionally made and tuned.
MAKE Magazine 2009
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- C (replaced with 's' or 'k' as appropriate, i.e. dise, kat) - X (replaced with 'ks' or 'z', i.e. aks, zylophone)
Tim Ellsworth 2008
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Canopies "changes pace with a bubblier sound - a zylophone played with chopsticks, gentle singings and vocal embellishments burble and drip across the soundscape.
News 2010
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