CLARINET
NOUNS
► AGONY BOX a clarinet → 1936 US sl.
► AGONY PIPE a clarinet → 1935 US sl.
► ALTO CLARINET a clarinet between a soprano and bass in size, usually pitched in E flat, and having a range between G in the second octave below middle C and the middle of the second octave above it → 1831
► BASSET-HORN a tenor clarinet, of somewhat greater compass than the ordinary clarinet → 1835
► BLACK STICK a clarinet → 1935 US jive usage
► CHALUMEAU the lowest register of the clarinet → 1880
► CLARIONET a clarinet → 1785
► GOBBLESTICK a clarinet → 1935 sl., orig. US
► GOBSTICK a clarinet → 1914 sl.
► KEY each of the small levers or buttons pressed by the fingers in order to vary the pitch → 1754
► LICORICE STICK ► LIQUORICE STICK a clarinet → 1935 US jazz sl.
► PEDAL CLARINET a clarinet sounding an octave below the bass clarinet → 1911
► PEDAL CLARIONET a pedal clarinet → 1891
► STICK a clarinet → 1920 US jazz musicians’ sl.
► TENOR CLARINET an alto clarinet pitched in F → 1879
► THROAT REGISTER the second-lowest register of the clarinet, extending from written G above middle C to the B flat above this → 1888
► WOP STICK a clarinet → 1935 sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CLARINETTIST a player on the clarinet → 1864
► LICORICE-STICKER a person who plays the clarinet → 1935 US jazz sl.
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