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Steam organ   /stim ˈɔrgən/   Listen
Steam organ

noun
1.
A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard.  Synonym: calliope.






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"Steam organ" Quotes from Famous Books



... inclined strong, down which, clinging the while to a pulley-swung handle, one could be hurled violently against a sack at the other end, came in for considerable favour among the adolescent, as also did the swings and the cocoanut shies. There was also promenading, and the steam organ attached to a small roundabout filled the air with a pungent flavour of oil and with equally pungent music. Members of the club, who had attended church in the morning, were splendid in badges of pink and green, ...
— The Invisible Man • H. G. Wells



Words linked to "Steam organ" :   calliope, instrument, musical instrument, steam whistle



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