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piccolo

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Noun

  1. A piccolo piano.
  2. A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
  3. An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute.
  4. A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant.
  5. A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox.
  6. A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle.

Adjective

  1. Designating the highest-pitched or smallest of a family of musical instruments.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from Italian.

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