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hautboy (n.)
type of musical instrument; oboe
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AC IV.iii.13
[stage direction] Music of hautboys under the stage
2H4 III.ii.315
[Falstaff alone, of Shallow] the case of a treble hautboy was a mansion for him
2H6 I.i.1
[stage direction] Flourish of trumpets, then hautboys