Definitions for mirliton

mirliton mir·li·ton

Spelling: [mir-li-ton; French meer-lee-tawn
IPA: /ˈmɪr lɪˌtɒn; French mir liˈtɔ̃/

Mirliton is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 189 anagrams from letters in mirliton (iilmnort).

Definitions for mirliton

noun

  1. kazoo.
  2. chayote.

Origin of mirliton

1810-20; French: literally, reed-pipe

Examples for mirliton

To give an account of the “mirliton” is to tell the story of Bruant, the most popular ballad-writer in France to-day.

Trilby singing "Ben Bolt" into a mirliton was a thing to be remembered, whether one would or no!

On the 27th of March this "mirliton" concert was repeated at Ciceri's, and on this occasion Cherubini took an active part.

Driven forth again I fly home, accompanied by the unnerving tones of the mirliton pipes.

Bruant ran the mirliton on the principle that the less easily pleasure is come by, the more it will be prized.

Beat the caviare to a cream and pound the peaches to a pulp; then add the sugar and millet and stir vigorously with a mirliton.

Word Value for mirliton
Scrable

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Words with friends

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