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barrel organ Definition

barrel organ

noun

a mechanical musical instrument having a cylinder studded with pins which open pipe valves or strike metal tongues when the cylinder is revolved, producing a tune; hand organ

barrel-organ Quotes

Asto Mr Feeder,B.A.,Doctor Blimber's assistant, he was a kind of human barrel-organ, with a little list of tunes at which he was continually working, over and over again, without any variation.

—Dickens, CharlesJohn Huffam

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