MEAN TRUMPET

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Anonymous

#251603 Wed, 02 Aug 06 01:37 PM

Hello,
I would like to know if a MEAN TUMPET here refers to a common, normal trumpet (or what):

'Eddie Randle played a MEAN TRUMPET himself.'

Thanks in advance, Jo.

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nona the brit

#251622 Wed, 02 Aug 06 02:57 PM

trumpet not trumpet.

Yes it means a normal trumpet. 'mean' refers to the quality of playing - very high. (slang).

nona the brit

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England

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The name says it all.

blow his own trumpet/horn
trumpet
Here, what does the sentence's word give...
on/with his trumpet at the talent show

mean
you mean or your mean
At mean conditions / in mean conditions
what mean or what dose mean

Mean verb
You mean...No!
What's it mean?
what do you mean ? or what you mean?

Marius Hancu

#251624 Wed, 02 Aug 06 03:02 PM

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mean:

c slang : of a kind to impress (as an adversary or an observer) :
EXCELLENT, EFFECTIVE <pitches a mean curve> <dances a mean tango>

http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com
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Marius Hancu

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