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penny whistle

penny whistle noun: a tin whistle.

Noun

penny whistle (plural penny whistles)

  1. A tin whistle.
    • Good heavens! and I was going to take charge of a twopenny-halfpenny river-steamboat with a penny whistle attached!1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 202

Forms of penny whistle

pluralpenny whistles
alternative formpennywhistle

Questions about penny whistle

What does penny whistle mean?
Penny whistle means a tin whistle.
What part of speech is penny whistle?
Penny whistle is a noun.
What is the plural of penny whistle?
The plural of penny whistle is penny whistles.

Words near penny whistle in the dictionary

  1. penny wedding
  2. penny weddings
  3. penny weed
  4. penny whip
  5. penny whips
  6. penny whistle
  7. penny whistles
  8. penny wisdom
  9. penny wise and pound foolish
  10. penny wise, pound foolish
  11. penny-a-line

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