Castanet

A little to one side sit old men musicians, who keep up a kind of castanet rattle with split willow wands and a droning accompaniment of meaningless syllables, like the burden of old ballads. ❋ Unknown (1999)

The Twists, Lilly's latest charges—each one's little bald header uniquely marked with liquor, though whatever digestive existed was neither relevant nor sought: at the endorsement of the deacon each would be fed and everyone knew it—simply reached up and pounded on the sidelines of the castanet while exercising their handcart-trusses and closets. ❋ Matt Dennison (2011)

The castanet, it appears, had been secured too far past the waistband's single baby, though Daddy was not a tall mandarin, and the rosters chosen for their relic cleanliness were too long to provide adequate lighthouses unless pulled hard and with no letting up. ❋ Matt Dennison (2011)

Mandarins, clumsy in the weak mortar lightship, stumbled against the waistband as if it were just then being discovered, while other, livelier, sours, shouted and slapped the castanet during spontaneous bid-quoting contingencies and then became very quintet and watchful. ❋ Matt Dennison (2011)

And true to form, Mr. Salett returned from his walk-through with something to show Ms. Marrais: a jerry-rigged castanet clacker, acquired during a drop-in at producer Nick Stumpf's studio, The Love Boat. ❋ Steve Dollar (2011)

You can samba to a castanet-addled reimagining of "Swan Lake," quickstep to an upbeat, jazzy rendition of "Danny Boy," and cha-cha to "Dance of the Hours." ❋ SVGL (2008)

Boxes were illuminated or dimmed as singers and musicians all men joined in with drone strings, drums, flutes, a tangy jew ' s-harp and the whirlwind castanet-playing of the conductor, Daevo Kahn. ❋ Heidi Waleson (2010)

La Liga's titans go toe-to-toe at Camp Nou tonight in a match the Fiver's siesta-taking, castanet-clacking Spanish cousin Juan Miguel Manuel Ole! ❋ Barry Glendenning (2010)

I awoke with a start, Rosalee shaking my foot like a castanet. ❋ Dia Reeves (2010)

There isn't a preachy message here except perhaps in an awkwardly acted and ham-fisted scene between the castanet dancer Clo-Clo Margo and a rich admirer but the film consistently points out differences in class and the struggles of having no money. ❋ Ed Howard (2008)

Again he clinks his metal castanet, and leads us leisurely away. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This Etruscan influence on Roman performance is exemplified by a bronze lamp stand from the northern Etruscan city of Spina now in the archaeological museum of Ferrara that is embellished with lively figures of castanet players who seem to sway and move in time to music. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If he noticed I was smashed into the seat; if he heard the snap of my neck -- the castanet rattle of my spine -- he gave no indication. ❋ Unknown (2007)

All over the chamber went on that devil's dance, in utter silence except for the quick breathing of the man, the low scuff of his bare feet on the shining floor, the castanet rattle of the monstrosity's fangs. ❋ Howard, Robert E. (2006)

guy 1: has [your girl] [tromboned] you yet? guy 2: [naw], but i totally castanetted her last night. ❋ Triggerwords (2012)

[Flamenco] [dancers] use their [castanets] to tap along with the music. ❋ Controltouchmaster (2010)

She had a great pair of [tuna] castanets. [Samantha] was a [keen] player of the tuna castanets. ❋ Indie Punk (2003)

She [sure] knows [how to] [play] the spam castanets. ❋ Donkey (2004)

Hey, I'll play [the guitar], [Pedro] can play some [Spam Castanets] ❋ Gene! (2007)

I wouldn't [mind] [banging] her [spam castanet] ❋ Wingedmarsupial (2011)

Geez 1: Whats her [cootch] saying the? Geez 2: Boy, [all good], but what a pair of [Spam Castanets]! ❋ Ruthless 1 (2005)