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lagerphone

lagerphone

9.9
A stick with bottle caps that you hit on the ground to make music
  • noun
  • Australian
: lagerphone
  • You could hear the jangling sound of the lagerphone above all the other instruments in the bush band.

Examples

  • The musician played the lagerphone with rhythmic energy during the folk festival.

  • Children crafted their own lagerphones for the school’s Australian culture week.

  • The musician played the lagerphone at the festival.

  • Can you hear the sound of the lagerphone?

  • The musician played the lagerphone with rhythmic energy during the folk festival.

  • Children crafted their own lagerphones for the school’s Australian culture week.

  • You could hear the jangling sound of the lagerphone above all the other instruments in the bush band.

How Loud

bass drum
  • Specialized
6 3.0
snare drum
5 3.5
lagerphone
  • Australian
9.9
tambourine
24 3.4

Surface Forms

lagerphone singular
lagerphones plural

Morphology

lagerphone = lager + phone (transparent) = lager + phone

Formed as a jocular compound combining 'lager' (beer) + '-phone' (instrument/sound-maker), so the basic meaning is readily inferable from the parts.

Etymology

Lagerphone puts together lager ('beer') and phone ('sound' or 'voice'), like in telephone. It names an Australian instrument made by nailing beer bottle caps to a stick so it jingles when you hit it, which is why the name fits.