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TAMBOURINE
tambourine
(noun) a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tambourine (plural tambourines)
A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
A tambourine dove.
A kind of Provençal dance.
The music for this dance.
Anagrams
• ibutamoren
Source: Wiktionary
Tam`bour*ine", n. Etym: [F. tambourin; cf. It. tamburino. See Tambour, and cf. Tamborine.]
Definition: A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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