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kazoo
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
kazoo \ka*zoo"\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A kind of toy or rude musical instrument, as a tube inside of which is a stretched string or membrane made to vibrate by singing or humming into the tube. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mirliton \Mir"li*ton\, n. [F.]
1. A kind of musical toy into which one sings, hums, or
speaks, producing a coarse, reedy sound. It is also called
a kazoo.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Trilby singing "Ben Bolt" into a mirliton was a
thing to be remembered, whether one would or no!
--Du Maurier.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. same as chayote[2].
[PJC]
