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Drone
(l syl.). The largest tube of a bagpipe; so called because it
sounds only one continuous note. (German, drohne, verb,
drohnen, to groan or drone.)
A drone.
An idle person who lives on the means of another, as drones on the
honey collected by bees; a sluggard. (Anglo-Saxon dræn, a male
bee.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Drone from Infoplease:
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