Meaning of mirliton | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

“To start⟳ your mirliton plant⟳, buy⟳ the fruit in a produce-oriented market in spring⟳ and plant⟳ it in full sunlight in fertile, well-drained soil, leaving the stem half of the fruit out of the ground.”

“One day last⟳ summer, Stephon and Scarbaby had been on the way to Neidermayer's grocery store, by the short cut⟳, when Scarbaby decided to pick⟳ mirlitons off the mirliton vine in the yard by the Lombarde house, which used to be a plantation[…]”

“In New Orleans, for example, the mirliton (chayote) tree has grown for centuries[…]”

“In form⟳ the mirlitons resembled flutes, shawms, or other instruments, and were generally furnished with a parchment membrane.”

“Whistles, mirlitons, flutes, trumpets or horns, clarinets, and oboes are all played in one or more parts of the continent.”

“The bars have⟳ air resonators below, and mirliton membranes are set⟳ over holes in the resonators (see⟳ Figure⟳ 10-3C).”

“Headwear: This was either the colpack or the mirliton. Regiments No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9 wore the former; 5, 6, 7 and 8 the latter.”

“Hélie also raised his mirliton in solidarity, but after the initial hooray and bravado, he felt a deep sense⟳ of dread.”

“The headdress was a fur busby for the 1st-4th Regts., and a felt mirliton or Flügelmütze for the remainder (also worn by the 4th, 1752-71).”

“[…] Have⟳ moulds prepared as for the mirlitons of Rouen; fill⟳ them and finish⟳ in the same manner.”

“ALMOND PASTE MIRLITONS WITH CHOCOLATE CREAM”

“To make⟳ the mirliton, in a bowl, break⟳ the eggs, add⟳ both the sugars, the double⟳ cream, almond meal, lemon zest and melted butter.”

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