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hand organ
noun
a portable barrel organ played by means of a crank turned by hand.
hand organ
noun
another name for barrel organ
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hand organ1
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.
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.
It reduced Italy to a hand organ, Spain to a guitar, Ireland to exile, Portugal to contempt.
The fact is that religion has reduced Spain to a guitar, Italy to a hand organ and Ireland to exile.
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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