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Meanings of panpipes in English

A musical instrument, played by mouth, comprising tubes arranged in order of length.

Usage of panpipes in English
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It's like being against Sunday afternoons or the sound of panpipes.
The Irish Times
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But such a majestic tune shouldn't be played on panpipes.
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
3
Dorky instruments like bongos, melodion, synthetic panpipes and chimes become tender in Jean's hands.
The Guardian
4
He stared at the panpipes hanging around Aegipan's neck.
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
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A row of carrots tied upright to leeks is transformed into a set of Chinese panpipes.
Reuters
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With zithers, flutes, panpipes, drums, iron bells.
Anil's ghost
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Solomon Islands group Narasirato deliver infectious grooves played entirely on panpipes, which are blown or struck with jandals.
Radio NZ
8
He casually set down his panpipes.
The dog said bow-wow
9
Ptolly danced to the music of panpipes and lyres, holding his little cup of watered wine over his head.
Cleopatra's Moon
10
Our games and stories after bedtime stopped, and David less and less often made his panpipes of the silver trumpet vine.
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
11
It was then that Dionysus began to play his panpipes and the crowd of nymphs and women from the temple flowed onto the former battleground.
The dog said bow-wow
12
For a few moments, the world was silent except for the burning wake of destruction behind the giant, and the sweet music of the panpipes.
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
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The swift waves gathered volume, and soon their hollows were like great Panpipes through which the gale blew with many doleful sounds.
A Dream of the North Sea
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In his free hand he held a wooden panpipe.
Pandemonium
15
Would ye be likin' to see me wi' me goatskin breeches and me panpipe? He chuckled.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
16
The faint breeze sounded like a panpipe.
Amberville
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