Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mirliton \Mir"li*ton\, n. [F.]
   A kind of musical toy into which one sings, hums, or speaks,
   producing a coarse, reedy sound.

         Trilby singing ``Ben Bolt'' into a mirliton was a thing
         to be remembered, whether one would or no! --Du
                                                  Maurier.