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单词 steam organ
释义

steam organ

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noun

calliope (def. 1).

Origin of steam organ

First recorded in 1785–95

Words nearby steam organ

steamie, steaming, steam iron, steam jacket, steam locomotive, steam organ, steampipe, steam point, steampunk, steam reforming, steamroll
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Example sentences from the Web for steam organ

  • And the artist who sat inside the steam-organ wagon became so sleepy that his hand slipped and struck one of the organ pedals.

    Through Welsh Doorways|Jeannette Augustus Marks
  • They could hear above the thud-thud of the gorged floodgates, shrieks in two keys as monotonous as a steam-organ.

    A Diversity of Creatures|Rudyard Kipling
  • It was a very beautiful meal, and the far-off music of the steam-organ added the last touch of festivity to the scene.

    The Enchanted Castle|E. Nesbit

British Dictionary definitions for steam organ

steam organ

noun

a type of organ powered by steam, once common at fairgrounds, in which the pipes are sounded either by a keyboard or in a sequence determined by a moving punched cardUS name: calliope
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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