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It was full of money--that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it.

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 Meanings and Examples of CYMBAL
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cymbal
 n.  a musical instrument consisting of a slightly concave round brass plate
Classic Sentence:
1  It was full of money--that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
2  It was of Eastern origin, having been brought from the Holy Land; and the mixture of the cymbals and bells seemed to bid welcome at once, and defiance, to the knights as they advanced.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  The cymbals and horns in the orchestra struck up more loudly, and this man with bare legs jumped very high and waved his feet about very rapidly.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IX
4  Hence came our Lady, haunter of Cybele, the Corybantic cymbals and the grove of Ida; hence the rites of inviolate secrecy, and the lions yoked under the chariot of their mistress.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
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