ochorina

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A form of ocarina — A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.

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Meanings

nounochorina (plural ochorinas)

plural ochorinas

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of ocarina.

    Suddenly, music was leading our singing, crude music of accordians, ochorinas and mouth-organs.

    1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 179
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    [...] their patrols could be heard calling to each other with night birdcalls, using an instrument called an ochorina, one of which was taken from a prisoner.

    1927, General Sir H.E. Blumberg, “Britain's Sea Soldiers: A Record of the Royal Marines During the War 1914-1919”, in Swiss & Co., page 120

    No Conference would be complete without the beloved A. A. Potter, former ASEE president, shown here giving an impromptu ochorina concert at a luncheon honoring Iowa State's Glenn Murphy, also a past-president of ASEE.

    1973, Engineering Education, volume 64, American Society for Engineering Education, page 21
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APA

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Chicago

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