Definition of "hornpipes" [hornpipes]

• Plural form of hornpipe. (noun)

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• "The pot -- that pot above everything -- threw him into transports of joy, culminating in a series of "hornpipes" and "cellar-flaps," wound up by a triumphant "six-eight breakdown.""
• "Among Gilbert's finest characters is the fastidious Sir Joseph Porter, First Lord of the Admiralty, who believes that "all sailors should dance hornpipes," and who advises would-be Sea Lords to "stick close to your desks, and never go to sea.""
• "Mick O'Brien and Caoimhin O Raghallaigh on union pipes and fiddle playing some Irish hornpipes."