A small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity.
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Examples for "jew's harp "
Examples for "jew's harp "
1 On way back he plays bamboo jew 's harp and it summons his brothers to come and see him.
2 Hungry suggested giving it something to eat, while Ikey wanted to play on his infernal jew 's harp , claiming it was a musical dog.
3 I do not pretend that my own instrument is an organ: but shrillest Jew 's harp .
4 The result is not cheerful, and to the civilised ear the strains of a Jew 's harp are preferable.
5 The fact is, the noble mountaineers of these districts have had to fall back on the Jew 's harp .
1 Talk away like a little jews' harp.
2 Turkey took out his Jews' harp, and discoursed soothing if not eloquent strains.
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Translations for mouth bow