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单词 hand organ
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hand organn.

Brit. /ˈhand ˌɔːɡ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈhænd ˌɔrɡən/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., organ n.1
Etymology: < hand n. + organ n.1
A portable barrel organ operated by means of a crank turned by hand; a hurdy-gurdy.
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hand organ1721
street organ1769
barrel organ1772
music box1773
grinding-organ1801
panharmonicon1811
flute-organ1828
orchestrino1838
orchestrion1838
organ1841
piano organ1842
autophone1850
grind-organ1888
1721 Evening Post 25 Feb. To be Sold by Auction... China, fine Antique Fire-Arms, a hand Organ, [etc.].
1746 J. Kirkby Capacity & Extent Human Understanding (ed. 2) 161 This supposed Box..was an Hand Organ, set to a solemn Air.
1787 W. Beckford Jrnl. 11 Oct. in Jrnl. Portugal & Spain (1954) (modernized text) 223 Pierrot brings in a machine like a hand-organ and his master begins to grind, the music accompanying.
1847 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) II. Pl. 48 It pours forth a succession of notes..much resembling..a hand-organ out of tune.
1892 G. S. Layard Life & Lett. C. S. Keene i. 8 A hand-organ turned with might and main by the baby sister.
1925 W. Faulkner Let. Feb. in Thinking of Home (1992) 181 I spend..the afternoons walking around, watching the kids around the hand-organs in the parks.
1984 G. Sandler Baltimore Glimpses Revisited 179 Luciano is again grinding out ‘Whispering’ on his hand organ.
2010 J. Zeigelman 97 Orchard v. 188 The hand organ worked like an oversized music box, with a rotating cylinder inside it that turned by means of a crank.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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