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Hurdy-gurdy   Listen
noun
Hurdy-gurdy  n.  
1.
A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys.
2.
In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.






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"Hurdy-gurdy" Quotes from Famous Books



... melancholy old Savoyard playing on a hurdy-gurdy, grisly, dejected, dirty, with a look upon him as though the iron had long since entered into his soul. It is a frosty morning but he has very little clothing, and there is a dumb despairing look about him which is surely genuine. There passes ...
— The Note-Books of Samuel Butler • Samuel Butler



Words linked to "Hurdy-gurdy" :   street organ, barrel organ, musical instrument, hurdy gurdy, music, hand organ



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