strillers

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noun

A musical instrument, especially a piano.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

noun
  1. PolariA musical instrument, especially a piano.

    Bet you'd play the strillers real bona.

    2015, Brian Fairbairn, Karl Eccleston, 1:56 from the start, in Putting on the Dish, spoken by Maureen (Steve Wickenden)
    1 more example

    Order lau your luppers on the strillers bona.

    1967, Kenneth Horne, Bona Guest House (Round the Horne), season 3, spoken by Julian (Hugh Paddick)
  2. PolariA musician.

    No touching nanti naff shycles bona strillers & bevvies in the boozer & extra khazis dear all camp

    2017 June 26, Duckie, Twitter

Origin

  1. Italianstrillare“to scream; to squall”
  2. Englishstrillers

Possibly from Italian strillare (“to scream; to squall”).

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APA

strillers. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strillers

MLA

“strillers.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strillers. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strillers,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strillers.

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