Noun : the cornet of horse. From Dictionary.com.
And my dad was buying me a cornet, which is sort of like a trumpet. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Arthur Griffin, May 7, 1999. Interview K-0168. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
He would be content with the little one, the what-you-call cornet; and -- don't you see? '. From Wordnik.com. [The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales] Reference
The cornet was his own, and he presented the drum to King, and the tambourine to Marjorie. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie at Seacote] Reference
It was used by forces on the Burma Railway and scratched into the cornet are the names of some of the soldiers who died on the railway. From Wordnik.com. [Central Western Daily] Reference
The blowing of this cornet is explained, v. 9. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
The oboe of the dancing gnat, the cornet of the bee. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Our own true Maximilian the cornet white hath ta'en. From Wordnik.com. [English Songs and Ballads] Reference
And the good lord of Rosny hath ta'en the cornet white. From Wordnik.com. [English Songs and Ballads] Reference
Blow ye the cornet in Gabaa, the trumpet in Rama: howl ye in. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
The cornet white with crosses black, the flag of false Lorraine. From Wordnik.com. [English Songs and Ballads] Reference
Grand River, Ontario, and also a cornet band of the Onondagas, from. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
He was musical, playing the cornet and having an unusual tenor voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments] Reference
Grand River, Ontario, among them was the Tuscarora cornet band of Grand. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
The cornet had two miles to swim, which he accomplished with difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
From across the water comes a sound of music; it is some one playing a cornet. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions of a War Correspondent] Reference
Our cornet band was present, with quite a number of the members of our society. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
The Tuscarora cornet band favored this session with music between the speeches. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
They were led by the silver cornet band, whose music was exquisitely clear and sweet. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
Above all this whispering was heard the distant sound of the cornet at the peasants 'ball. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This forenoon we were favored with music by our temperance cornet band between the speeches. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
With evident pride he confesses: "This hand used to slide the trombone and sometimes the cornet.". From Wordnik.com. [The University of Michigan] Reference
Pa., a cornet, clarionet, pair of opera glasses, 10 vols. of Journal Franklin Institute, 3 vols. of. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
Bangor, Me., a 10-keyed ocarina, a 6-keyed clarionet, 6 books and a stylographic pen, for a cornet. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference
The man that works the cornet in the outside operates the fiddle on the inside, and he's a dandy at it. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
The fiddles are squeaking, the 'cellos are groaning, the man with the cornet is making a most ungodly row. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
To each of these wards was appointed a field-cornet, who had military duties when a commando was called out. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
W.A. Pickering, Box 797, Eureka Springs, A.k., a ¼-horse-power steam engine, for a nickel-plated B-flat cornet. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference
Onondaga Castle, N. Y., which favored us with the sweet strains of their music, alternately, with our cornet band. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
His purposeful cornet tone soon grew prized, especially by the avant-garde jazz musicians he worked with in the '70s. From Wordnik.com. [A Bluesman at Home in New York Jazz] Reference
The clarionet, violin, and cornet sounded a last modulation, then the final cadence put an end to the bounds of the dances. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Suddenly appeared the cornet at the fore -- an unexpected signal, that compelled absent officers and men to repair on board. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Kearsarge and Alabama] Reference
The Grand River cornet band, and ours, played, alternately, their angelic melodies, to cheer us in the great temperance cause. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
The saying "to die for one's lady-love" rises so naturally to our lips that the most insignificant cornet might warble it to his. From Wordnik.com. [French and Oriental Love in a Harem] Reference
C. Boyce, Troy, Pa., a hand-inking printing press (chase, 3x5), 6 fonts of type and outfit for a B flat or E flat cornet or viola. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
Sudhalter was a true renaissance man - foreign correspondent, critic, biographer and master of cornet in the Bix Beiderbecke tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Dick Sudhalter: Legacy 1967-2001] Reference
One son plays the cornet, two daughters play the piano and the guitar, and your wife plays the banjo, and the other children play ukuleles. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
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