RAINSTICK

Etymology

Noun

rainstick (plural rainsticks)

A hollow tube partially filled with pebbles or beans, and with small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inner surface, so that it produces a rain-like sound when upended.

Anagrams

• trainsick

Source: Wiktionary



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