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- noun Plural form of
musette .
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Examples
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It takes courage to stand inches away from zooming bikes as riders snatch the musettes from the soigneurs 'outstretched arms.
USATODAY.com 2005
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More recently, companies have been making musettes with that streamlined pick-up-and-go spirit, but out of more durable materials for everyday use.
A Manlier Man Bag? 2010
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Eh? Considering we'd just spent the best part of 15 minutes discussing such weighty issues as the then ubiquitous Paris Hilton sex tape, whether his team's Lycra was pink or magenta, and the contents of those musettes cyclists get handed at feeding stations ( "two bidons of water, energy gels, bars and some brioche", in case you're wondering) I was slightly perplexed by this turn of events.
How making small talk with Mark Cavendish set his wheels in motion 2010
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Before the start of the race, a few of the team soigneurs must rush to the designated "feed zones" where they are permitted to pass musettes, cloth bags filled with energy bars, cookies, fruit and drinks.
USATODAY.com 2005
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The musettes can only be passed to riders in a designated zone.
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The musettes are about the size of a large purse and have two long cloth loops that allow the soigneurs to hold the bags for the riders to grab as they race by.
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They hang the musettes from their arms and take their positions on the edge of the pavement.
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The rise slows down the riders a bit so the musettes can be passed safely.
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[16] See E. Thoinan, _Les Hotteterre et les Chèdeville, célèbres facteurs de flûtes, hautbois, bassons et musettes_ (Paris, 1894), p. 23.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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We must also place among double-reed instruments the various bagpipes, cornemuses, and musettes, which are shawm or oboe instruments with reservoirs of air, and furnished with drones inclosing single reeds.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various
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