piccolo

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The small or treble bugle, usually pitched in E flat.

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A small flute, sounding an octave higher than the ordinary flute. Also called flauto piccolo, octave-flute, ottavino, and ottavius.

noun

An organ-stop giving tones like those of a piccolo.

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A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute.

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A small upright piano.

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An organ stop, with a high, piercing tone.

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An instrument similar to a flute, but smaller, and playing an octave higher.

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A waiter‘s assistant in a hotel or restaurant.

noun

A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 liters of fluid, 1/4 the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or snipe.

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a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute