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Date: 1800-1900
Language: German
Origin: glocke 'bell' + spiel 'play'

glockenspiel

 noun
     
Related topics: Music
glock‧en‧spiel [countable]
APM a musical instrument consisting of many flat metal bars of different lengths, that you play with special hammers [↪ xylophone]
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