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bagpipe

[ bag-pahyp ]

noun

  1. Often bagpipes. a reed instrument consisting of a melody pipe and one or more accompanying drone pipes protruding from a windbag into which the air is blown by the mouth or a bellows.


verb (used with object)

bagpiped, bagpiping.
  1. Nautical. to back (a fore-and-aft sail) by hauling the sheet to windward.

bagpipe

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noun

  1. modifier of or relating to the bagpipes

    a bagpipe maker

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bagpipe1

First recorded in 1300–50, bagpipe is from the Middle English word baggepipe. See bag, pipe 1
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After piper Malcolm Campbell was shot and left for dead during World War One, he credited his bagpipes with helping to save his life.

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And he throws in seemingly extraneous references to British troops hearing bagpipes and to Lord Lovat of Scotland.

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With all those strings to her bow, you might be surprised to hear that in 2020 she decided to take up another hobby – the bagpipes.

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The funeral procession arrived at Manchester Cathedral to the sound of bagpipes playing Flower of Scotland.

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Lord Prescott's coffin was carried into the minster as former Downing Street director of communications Alastair Campbell played the Welsh national anthem on the bagpipes.

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