Cornopean

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  • n. cornet-à-piston
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An obsolete name for the cornet-à-piston.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The cornet-à-pistons.
  • n. In organ-building, a reed-stop of a bold, powerful tone.
  • Word Usage
    "Five or six small boys, with pea-shooters, and the cornopean player, got up behind; in front the big boys, mostly smoking, not for pleasure, but because they are now gentlemen at large, and this is the most correct public method of notifying the fact."
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