barrel organ
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barrel organ

noun

Definition of BARREL ORGAN

: an instrument for producing music by the action of a revolving cylinder studded with pegs on a series of valves that admit air from a bellows to a set of pipes

First Known Use of BARREL ORGAN

1772

Rhymes with BARREL ORGAN

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