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noun 
  1. A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals.
  2. A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.
  3. Music played to the hornpipe dance
Etymology: So called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.

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