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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jew's harp::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | jews' harp, mouth bow |
| Type of | instrument, musical instrument |
Examples of jew's harp
jew's harp
In the Eastwood epics, it will be remembered, a jew's-harp twanged madly every time an eyebrow was arched.
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A middleaged, overweight free-lance journalist who plays the jew's-harp is hardly the prototype of a revolutionary.
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Most citizens of New Salem had never seen a piano or an organ, and their only musical instruments were the jew's-harp and a solitary fiddle.
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The drone of a jew's-harp, which serves as a musical bridge in Up on Cripple Creek, is actually produced by the wah-wah pedal on Garth's clavinette.
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