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tambourine


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tambourine  \Tam`bour*ine"\,  n. 
  A  South  American  wild  dove  ({Tympanistria  tympanistria}), 
  mostly  white,  with  black-tiped  wings  and  tail.  Its  resonant 
  note  is  said  to  be  ventriloquous. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tambourine  \Tam`bour*ine"\,  n.  [F.  tambourin;  cf  It  tamburino. 
  See  {Tambour},  and  cf  {Tamborine}.] 
  A  small  drum,  especially  a  shallow  drum  with  only  one  skin, 
  played  on  with  the  hand,  and  having  bells  at  the  sides;  a 
  timbrel. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tambourine 
  n  :  a  shallow  one-headed  drum  with  metallic  disks  in  the  sides 




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