Cornets-a-piston

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cornet-a-piston \Cor"net-[`a]-pis`ton\ (k?r"n?t-?-p?s"t?n; F.
     k?r`n?`?p?s`{t?n}"), n.; pl. {Cornets-[`a]-piston}. [F.]
     (Mus.)
     A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with
     valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a
     cornet.


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