barrel organ

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

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Recent Examples on the Web The vessels carried more than three years’ worth of food and drink, as well as two barrel organs and libraries with some 2,900 books. — National Geographic, "In 1845 explorers sought the Northwest Passage—then vanished," 8 Aug. 2019

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“Barrel organ.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barrel%20organ. Accessed 6 December 2019.

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