piper
Wind instrument player
A piper is someone who plays a pipe, especially the bagpipes: The piper led the funeral procession.
The phrase pay the piper means to face consequences or settle debts—from the idea that whoever pays the piper calls the tune, controlling what gets played.
Ritual vocalist
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- blowpipeBreath-propelled projectile tube
- highlandElevated, mountainous land
- ScottishOf that northern kingdom
tartan · kilt · regiment · military · ceremonial · Celtic · Irish · bellows
German town, medieval legend
- ratsLong-tailed urban pests
- childrenYoung human beings
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- GermanCentral European language
folktale · enchantment · revenge · plague · lure · procession · mountain · disappearance
Tube blown sideways
- fifeSmall shrill woodwind
- pan pipesJoined tubes blown across
- recorderEnd-blown wooden flute
- piccoloSmall, high-pitched woodwind
woodwind · embouchure · breath · fingering · trill · baroque · orchestral · chamber
chanter
Ritual vocalist
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- blowpipeBreath-propelled projectile tube
- highlandElevated, mountainous land
Scottish · tartan · kilt · regiment · military · ceremonial · Celtic · Irish · bellows · march
Hamelin
German town, medieval legend
German · folktale · enchantment · revenge · plague · lure · procession · mountain · disappearance · broken promise
flute
Tube blown sideways
piccolo · woodwind · embouchure · breath · fingering · trill · baroque · orchestral · chamber · folk music
sandpiper
Small wading shorebird
- shorebirdCoastal bird species
- wadingTraversing shallow water on foot
- ploverCompact coastal wading bird
beach · tidal · mudflat · estuary · wetland · migratory · foraging · spotted · common · solitary
Roddy
Nickname from Roderick
aircraft · Cherokee · Aztec · Seneca · aviation · actress · wrestler · artist · stained glass
- ceremonial officerssword bearer, standard bearer, flag bearer, Beefeater, herald
- aircraftairplane, airliner, airplanes, plane, biplane
- bagpipesbagpipe, bagpipes, chanter, drones, bag
- medieval entertainersjester, minstrel, jongleur, troubadour, juggler
- NZ seafoodsnapper, kina, crayfish, rock lobster, kingfish
- Pastoral Figuresshepherd, shepherdess, swain, goatherd, herdsman
- paid the piperFaced delayed consequences
- steam pipeTube carrying hot vapor
- pipe cleanersFlexible bristled wire strips
- piping hotExtremely heated, just prepared
- pipe dreamsFanciful, unattainable notions
- pipe downCommand to be silent
pipe, piping, pipeline, pipelines, pipette, pipers, pipelike, pipeful, pipefitter