Definition of "cornet" [cor•net]

• Music A wind instrument of the trumpet class, having three valves operated by pistons. (noun)
• A piece of paper twisted into a cone and used to hold small wares such as candy or nuts. (noun)
• A headdress, often cone-shaped, worn by women in the 12th and 13th centuries. (noun)

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• "The cornet was a man of about forty, with a grey pointed beard, skinny and lean, but handsome and very fresh-looking for his age."
• "And my dad was buying me a cornet, which is sort of like a trumpet."
• "He would be content with the little one, the what-you-call cornet; and -- don't you see? '"