jews-harp

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

JEWS-HARP, noun [Jew and harp.] An instrument of music shaped like a harp, which, placed between the teeth and by means of a spring struck by the finger, gives a sound which is modulated by the breath into soft melody. It is called also Jews-trump.
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