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Meanings of hurdy-gurdy in English
Portuguese
realejo Catalan
orgue de maneta A musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs.
Usage of hurdy-gurdy in English
1
Her lute and hurdy-gurdy were valued at twenty thousand, for insurance purposes.
2
The boy evinced his gratitude by a new turn of the hurdy-gurdy.
3
The hurdy-gurdy, I need hardly tell you, belongs to the organ family.
4
Off to one side, the Raving Renaissance Raven played her amplified hurdy-gurdy.
5
Max was intrigued by her hurdy-gurdy, which was handmade of beautiful woods.
6
The gentleman made a dive for it, so did the hurdy-gurdy man.
7
At a street corner children of the poor were dancing around a hurdy-gurdy.
8
It has to be played by a hurdy-gurdy on a guillotine.
9
On the faster pieces the racing rotating hurdy-gurdy was a wonder to behold.
10
She loved music and listened to everything, Javanese gamelan, Georgian choirs, medieval hurdy-gurdy.
11
Could a hurdy-gurdy man on the streets of Moss Side prevent gun battles?
12
Then above the roar of the train sounded the high notes of a hurdy-gurdy.
13
The hurdy-gurdy was strident and insistent, but for a long time no response came.
14
The Raven wound her hurdy-gurdy more slowly, and after another few seconds fell silent.
15
Whine creaked the hurdy-gurdy, and bow- wow all of a sudden barked the dog.
16
That voice tinkled in my ears like a silver hurdy-gurdy!