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Meanings of hurdy-gurdy in inglés
portugués
realejo catalán
orgue de maneta A musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs.
Sinónimos
Examples for "barrel organ"
Examples for "barrel organ"
1
He stole my rhythms and set them for the barrel organ.
2
The husband, quite depressed, admitted that it reminded him of a barrel organ.
3
Then a barrel organ starts up and the spell is broken.
4
Somebody found a barrel organ and everyone danced to it in the yard.
5
Profanity oozes from him like music from a barrel organ.
1
The fellow had a small hand organ and a trained bear and two monkeys.
2
I hope my master comes through this street every day with his hand organ.
3
It has reduced Spain to a guitar, Italy to a hand organ and Ireland to exile.
4
At the opening note of the hand organ in the side-show Cousin Charley and Alfred were inside.
5
But then I saw one with a hand organ, too, and you'd never see that in the jungle.
1
Down far in the avenue she could hear a street organ playing.
2
Any one who can turn a crank can manage a street organ.
3
One day came a street organ, accompanied by singing, and how glad I was!
4
As he did so, a street organ began to play in front of a public-house close by.
5
A street organ can do that.
Usage of hurdy-gurdy in inglés
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!