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hand organ
noun
- a portable barrel organ played by means of a crank turned by hand.
hand organ
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hand organ1
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Example Sentences
I hope her longing for home was not of the same nature as that which a hand-organ inspires, Mrs. Estill.
The next morning the hand-organ man fastened a chain to the collar of the monkey, and a long rope to the chain.
The hand-organ man never let him loose; always was there that chain and string fast to the collar on Mappo's neck.
For many weeks Mappo was kept by the hand-organ man, and made to gather pennies.
He looked out in the street, and there he saw a hand-organ man grinding away at the crank which made the nice music.
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