barrel organ
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barrel organ
noun barrel organs · barrel-organ
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A musical instrument in which air from a bellows is admitted to a set of pipes by means of pins inserted into a revolving barrel (typically turned by a crank), originating in France.
Poor Mrs. Cranch was bulky, and, breathing asthmatically, had the additional motive for making her remarks unexceptionable and giving them a general bearing, that even her whispers were loud and liable to sudden bursts like those of a deranged barrel-organ.
Similar: roller organ, street organ
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noun pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel
| Español | organito, organillo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 휴대용 풍금 hyudaeyong punggeum |
| 日本語 | 手回しオルガン temawashi orugan |
| 中文 | 手搖風琴 /手摇风琴 shǒuyáo fēngqín |
| Português | realejo |
| Français | orgue de Barbarie |
| Deutsch | Drehorgel, Leierkasten |
| Italiano | organo a rullo, organetto di Barberia, organetto |
| Ελληνικά | λατέρνα latérna, ρομβία romvía |
| Română | flașnetă |
| Русский | шарма́нка šarmánka |
| العربية | أُرْغُن يَدَوِيّ ʔurḡun yadawiyy |
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title = {barrel organ},
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