"puccalo" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Blend of pucker + piccolo Etymology templates: {{blend|en|pucker|piccolo}} Blend of pucker + piccolo Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} puccalo (uncountable)
  1. the highest level of human oral mouth whistling. Wikipedia link: puccalo Tags: uncountable Derived forms: puccaloist
    Sense id: en-puccalo-en-noun-tkmVb1El Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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