"lagerphone" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: lagerphones [plural]
Etymology: From lager + -phone. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lager|phone}} lager + -phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} lagerphone (plural lagerphones)
  1. (Australia, music) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. Tags: Australia Categories (topical): Percussion instruments

Inflected forms

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