mirliton

Etymology
From. Coined as a nonce to advertise a new women's bonnet, mirliton came to be applied to any trifle or trinket before acquiring several specific meanings. Compare the English word folderol.

Noun

 * 1) A pear-shaped vegetable or its vine; the chayote.
 * 2)  The eunuch flute, a kind of kazoo or membranophone.
 * 3) An 18th-century hussar hat resembling a slightly conical shako or tall fez.
 * 4) A tartlet or biscuit garnished with almond, first produced in Rouen around 1800.
 * 1)  The eunuch flute, a kind of kazoo or membranophone.
 * 2) An 18th-century hussar hat resembling a slightly conical shako or tall fez.
 * 3) A tartlet or biscuit garnished with almond, first produced in Rouen around 1800.
 * 1) An 18th-century hussar hat resembling a slightly conical shako or tall fez.
 * 2) A tartlet or biscuit garnished with almond, first produced in Rouen around 1800.
 * 1) A tartlet or biscuit garnished with almond, first produced in Rouen around 1800.
 * 1) A tartlet or biscuit garnished with almond, first produced in Rouen around 1800.
 * 1) A tartlet or biscuit garnished with almond, first produced in Rouen around 1800.
 * 1) A tartlet or biscuit garnished with almond, first produced in Rouen around 1800.

Noun

 * 1) reed-pipe