See Jew's harp on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1850, T. S. Arthur, “Deacon Smith and his Violin”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 70:",
"text": "The lad, his son, had obtained a Jew's-harp, and learned to play upon it the profane airs of \"Yankee Doodle,\" \"Hail Columbia,\" \"St. Patrick's Day,\" and \"Auld Lang Syne.\"",
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"ref": "1850, T. S. Arthur, “Deacon Smith and his Violin”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 70:",
"text": "The lad, his son, had obtained a Jew's-harp, and learned to play upon it the profane airs of \"Yankee Doodle,\" \"Hail Columbia,\" \"St. Patrick's Day,\" and \"Auld Lang Syne.\"",
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"code": "fa",
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "drumla"
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "harpa de boca"
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"code": "ro",
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],
"word": "хомус"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "дромбуља"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "брунда"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "drombulja"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "brunda"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "marranzanu"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gangalarruni"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jancalarruni"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "drumbľa"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dromlja"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brumejza"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "komus",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "комус"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "arpa de boca"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guimbarda"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "birimbao"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "arpa de boca"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"Argentina",
"Chile",
"masculine"
],
"word": "torompe"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mungiga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "munharpa"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "birimbaw"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "mōrciṅ",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "மோர்சிங்"
},
{
"code": "sda",
"lang": "Toraja-Sa'dan",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "karombi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ağız kopuzu"
},
{
"code": "tyv",
"lang": "Tuvan",
"roman": "xomus",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "хомус"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "drymba",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дримба"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vargán",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "варґа́н"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "đàn môi"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "mudatrum"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "sturmant"
},
{
"code": "mww",
"lang": "White Hmong",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "rab ncas"
},
{
"code": "wlo",
"lang": "Wolio",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ore-ore mbondu"
},
{
"code": "wlo",
"lang": "Wolio",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ore Ngkale"
},
{
"code": "yka",
"lang": "Yakan",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "kulaing"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "qomus",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "хомус"
}
],
"word": "Jew's harp"
}
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