hurdy-gurdyishadj.
Resembling the sound of a hurdy-gurdy; also figurative.
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1923 Daily Mail 22 June 6 The concertina or harmonium music is too hurdy-gurdyish.
1931 Observer 27 Sept. 10 A cheap, hurdy-gurdyish fellow.
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