mirliton
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mirliton noun
- A pear-shaped vegetable or its vine; the chayote.
- The eunuch flute, a kind of kazoo or membranophone.
- An 18th-century hussar hat resembling a slightly conical shako or tall fez.
- A tartlet or biscuit garnished with almond, first produced in Rouen around 1800.
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