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Hurdy-gurdy

hurdy-gurdy
n. (pl. -ies) 1 a musical instrument with a droning sound, played by turning a handle, esp. one with a rosined wheel turned by the right hand to sound the drone-strings, and keys played by the left hand. 2 colloq. a barrel-organ. Etymology: prob. imit.
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  noun (plural -gurdies) Etymology: probably imitative Date: 1749 a stringed instrument in which sound is produced by the friction of a rosined wheel turned by a crank against the strings and the pitches are varied by keys, any of various mechanical musical instruments (as the barrel organ) ...
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