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strillers

strillers noun: a musical instrument, especially a piano.

Noun

strillers

  1. (Polari) A musical instrument, especially a piano.
    • Order lau your luppers on the strillers bona.1967, Kenneth Horne, Bona Guest House (Round the Horne), season 3, spoken by Julian (Hugh Paddick)
    • Bet you'd play the strillers real bona.2015, Brian Fairbairn, Karl Eccleston, 1:56 from the start, in Putting on the Dish, spoken by Maureen (Steve Wickenden)
  2. (Polari) A musician.
    • No touching nanti naff shycles bona strillers & bevvies in the boozer & extra khazis dear all camp2017 June 26, Duckie, Twitter

Origin of strillers

Possibly from Italian strillare (“to scream; to squall”).

Words formed from strillers

  • strills
  • strillers omi

Questions about strillers

What does strillers mean?
Strillers means a musical instrument, especially a piano.
What part of speech is strillers?
Strillers is a noun.

Words near strillers in the dictionary

  1. strikingness
  2. strikings
  3. strikt
  4. strikter
  5. striktest
  6. strillers
  7. strim
  8. strimmed
  9. strimmer
  10. strimmers
  11. strimming

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