Fluter
[floo-ter] /ˈflu tər/
noun
1.
a person who makes flutings.
2.
Archaic. a flutist.
/ˈfluːtə/
noun
1.
a craftsman who makes flutes or fluting
2.
a tool used to make flutes or fluting
3.
a less common word, used esp in folk music, for flautist
noun
A male homosexual
Related Terms
play the skin flute, skin flute
[1940s+; fr metaphor of flute as ”penis,” and a homosexual as one who plays the skin flute]
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