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hurdy-gurdies

Variant of hurdy-gurdy

noun pl. hurdy-gurdies

  1. an early instrument shaped like a lute or viol but played by turning a crank attached to a rosined wheel that causes the strings to vibrate
  2. popularly a barrel organ

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