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bagpipes

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plural noun

  1. any of a family of musical wind instruments in which sounds are produced in reed pipes supplied with air from a bag inflated either by the player's mouth, as in the Irish bagpipes or Highland bagpipes of Scotland, or by arm-operated bellows, as in the Northumbrian bagpipes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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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