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mu·sette | \ myu̇-ˈzet 
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\Definition of musette
1 : a bellows-blown bagpipe popular in France in the 17th and 18th centuries
2 : a small knapsack also : a similar bag with one shoulder strap
— called also musette bag
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The first known use of musette was in the 14th century
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