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xylophone

noun as in percussion instrument consisting of a series of graduated wooden bars played with small mallets

noun as in instrument

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McCullough told police: "When I was hitting her it was like someone badly playing the xylophone, it was willy-nilly."

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He holds small mallets in his “hands” to play a kind of xylophone called a marimba.

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These instruments tend to be bells, gongs, types of xylophones and other kinds of pitched percussion instruments.

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They distributed xylophone mallets to those waiting in line.

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“Let’s work together to keep your account safe and protect you from fraud,” a recorded voice said, over a tinkly melody that sounded like a xylophone.

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