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hand organ

noun

  1. a portable barrel organ played by means of a crank turned by hand.


hand organ

noun

  1. another name for barrel organ
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hand organ1

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800
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Example Sentences

To silence the city, or at least quiet it down, the police have yanked hand organs and boom boxes from peddlers and pedestrians.

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Not so many years ago he would prefer a red glass ball to the Kohinoor and a hand organ with a monkey to a piano with Paderewski.

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It reduced Italy to a hand organ, Spain to a guitar, Ireland to exile, Portugal to contempt.

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The fact is that religion has reduced Spain to a guitar, Italy to a hand organ and Ireland to exile.

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All I can say is, that I know what I like, and, to tell the truth, I like every kind, enjoy it all, from the hand organ to the orchestra.

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