mouth harp

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noun South Midland and Southern U.S.

harmonica(def 1).
Also called harp.

Origin of mouth harp

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Words nearby mouth harp

moustache cup, mousterian, mousy, mout, mouth, mouth harp, mouth off, mouth organ, mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, mouth-watering

Words related to mouth harp

harp, harmonicon, harmonica, kazoo, panpipe

Example sentences from the Web for mouth harp

  • One of them has a mouth-harp which he plays upon, now and then opening his hands hollowed around the instrument.

    Back Home |Eugene Wood

  • When he dropped the mouth-harp, he lay very still for a time, though his lips moved incessantly.

    In Our Town |William Allen White

  • Finally he complained that he could not find his mouth-harp.

    In Our Town |William Allen White