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Organ-grinder

noun

A street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy.

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"Organ-grinder" Quotes from Famous Books

... club was not sufficient to restrain Charlie and several others from an almost headlong rush for the out-door attraction, and they quickly surrounded the organ-grinder. He owned a remarkable monkey, the boys thought, especially when he mounted by a spout to the window of Aunt Stanshy's chamber, and, entering it, soon re-appeared shaking in his ...

— The Knights of the White Shield - Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play • Edward A. Rand

... in the shadow of my room Glows a vase of golden jonquils like a star amid the gloom; But the sign that's sure and certain is the children's merry feet Dancing round the organ-grinder at the ...

— A Jolly Jingle-Book • Various

... the world she dropped from, heaven knows. The organ-grinder picked up the shafts of his wagon and trundled it away. The piccaninnies melted like magic. But that gay little flirt, about a year and a half old, just held on ...

— In the Bishop's Carriage • Miriam Michelson

... The organ-grinder The signs of an approaching storm The arrival of the train Mail-time at the village post office The crowd at the auction The old fishing-boat A country fair (or a circus) The inside of a theater (or ...

— The Century Vocabulary Builder • Creever & Bachelor

... little organ just as he held his big one, and playing beside him as long as he remained. So delightful did this man's occupation seem to me, that I can remember quite well when my father asked me one day what I would like to be when I was a man, I answered without a moment's hesitation, 'An organ-grinder, of course, father.' ...

— Christie, the King's Servant • Mrs. O. F. Walton

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