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As notably taken in hand by Glenn Miller? (8)

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trombone

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(Other definitions for trombone that I've seen before include "Bfrass wind instrument with slide" , "Brass band instrument" , "source of notes" , "play this" , "Brass musical instrument with slide" .)

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