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Meaning of mirliton

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mirliton

noun

Definitions

  1. A pear-shaped vegetable or its vine; the chayote.

  2. The eunuch flute, a kind of kazoo or membranophone.

  3. An 18th-century hussar hat resembling a slightly conical shako or tall fez.

  4. A tartlet or biscuit garnished with almond, first produced in Rouen around 1800.