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Significats de barrel organ en anglès

rus
шарманщик
portuguès
realejo
català
orgue de maneta
espanyol
organillo
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Mechanical musical instrument.

orgue de maneta
portuguès
realejo
català
orgue de maneta

A musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs.

orgue de maneta
Ús de barrel organ en anglès
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He stole my rhythms and set them for the barrel organ.
The Road to Damascus, a Trilogy
2
The husband, quite depressed, admitted that it reminded him of a barrel organ.
Married
3
Then a barrel organ starts up and the spell is broken.
The crimson petal and the white
4
Somebody found a barrel organ and everyone danced to it in the yard.
The Magicians of Caprona
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Profanity oozes from him like music from a barrel organ.
Five Months at Anzac / A Narrative of Personal Experiences of th...
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A barrel organ outside was playing a music hall ditty.
The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton
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It's quite an art to turn a barrel organ.
The Lion's Share
8
Never since I played the barrel organ all the way down Regent Street have I-
The Lion's Share
9
Lepailleur impudently growled ignoble threats, which fortunately were lost amid the strains of a barrel organ.
Fruitfulness
10
The little girl strapped into the barrel organ stood frozen, the crank at rest on the upswing.
Blood Meridian
11
The little girl had unbuckled herself out of the barrel organ and it clattered wheezing to the floor.
Blood Meridian
12
Farther on, he came on a young man who was grinding some very feeling ballads upon a barrel organ.
The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
13
The barrel organ was groaning and creaking and the bear with tongue aloll was revolving heavily on the boards.
Blood Meridian
14
It had none of the ravishing melody of our ancient pipes, but only the tinkle of a modern, foreign barrel organ.
My Reminiscences
15
He procured an old barrel organ somewhere, and would enter her apartments playing it and singing in a hoarse, grating voice.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
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See photos of the Star Wars Lego barrel organ, as well as videos of it in action, in the gallery above.
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