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Meanings of musical box in inglés

portugués
caixa de música
catalán
capsa de música

Produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate.

caixa de música
Synonyms
Examples for "music box"
Examples for "music box"
1
And a music box that will play whatever you ask it to?
Wizard at Large
2
He took up the silver music box, winding the tiny metal crank.
A Darker Shade of Magic
3
And I'll get a music box and a lot of new records.
Mistress Anne
4
Her lips twisted when she pulled the music box from the shelf.
Damaged
5
The forms now filed into the cabinet again, while the music box played.
The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
Usage of musical box in inglés
1
On his chest, just under his chin, is a musical box.
A bridge to the stars
2
The magnetic battery and the large musical box were also believed to be magic.
Ismailia
3
He's standing on the lid of the red musical box.
A bridge to the stars
4
A musical box is as good as that man's playing.
Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time
5
Your chin's worse than the barrel of a musical box.-No ,don'tlift it up.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
6
Why, gracious heavens, it must be a regular musical box, that house out there!
Swann's Way
7
Your voice is sweeter than my musical box, and then I am going away to-morrow.
Infelice
8
A brawling musical box was supposed to enliven us.
The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912
9
The musical box lay there all the summer.
In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales
10
But he undid the silver paper cautiously, opened a red-leather case, and displayed a musical box.
Bella Donna: A Novel
11
So she only laughed, like a musical box.
The Light Princess
12
But there was no more expression in her performance than there is in that of a musical box.
Home Lights and Shadows
13
I'm as tired of my little reed of a voice as of the tinkle of a musical box.
The Gray Dawn
14
A banjo, a musical box, a zither, a couple of slates and a fan were on the tables.
Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University...
15
Instead, she had a string to pull, and that set off lots of bells, like a musical box.
Shadows in the twilight
16
And in the night the musical box was carried out to sea; that was the end of the matter.
In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales
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