barrel organ
noun
: 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
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Every girl needs an old-timey barrel organ.
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Christina Catherine Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2022
Robots in movies these days are too busy finding true love and overcoming adversity to use the barrel organ of machine guns in their chests.
—Bruno Maddox, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2010
The old barrel organ started the song about Russian doping again.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2021
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Christina Catherine Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2022
Robots in movies these days are too busy finding true love and overcoming adversity to use the barrel organ of machine guns in their chests.
—Bruno Maddox, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2010
The old barrel organ started the song about Russian doping again.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2021
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“Barrel organ.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barrel%20organ. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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