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Street organ   /strit ˈɔrgən/   Listen
Street organ

noun
1.
A musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs.  Synonyms: barrel organ, grind organ, hand organ, hurdy-gurdy, hurdy gurdy.





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... seemed to have retained its everyday appearance. People came and went, bought and sold, chatted and laughed as usual. In the Rue Montorgueil I heard a street organ. Only on nearing the Faubourg St. Antoine the phenomenon which I had already noticed on the previous evening became more and more apparent; solitude reigned, and ...
— The History of a Crime - The Testimony of an Eye-Witness • Victor Hugo


Words linked to "Street organ" :   barrel organ, musical instrument, hand organ, hurdy-gurdy, music, grind organ, hurdy gurdy, instrument


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