slide whistle in English

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          "fipple",
          "fipple"
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          "recorder",
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          "tube",
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        ],
        [
          "piston",
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          "pitch",
          "pitch"
        ],
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          "slide",
          "slide"
        ],
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          "sound effect",
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          "word": "jazz flute"
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          "word": "piston flute"
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          "word": "swanee whistle"
        }
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  "word": "slide whistle"
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        ],
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          "pitch",
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        ],
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          "slide",
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        ],
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    {
      "word": "jazz flute"
    },
    {
      "word": "piston flute"
    },
    {
      "word": "swanee whistle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slide whistle"
}

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"slide whistle" meaning in English

Noun

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