Definition of Grind organ

1. Noun. A musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs.

Exact synonyms: Barrel Organ, Hand Organ, Hurdy Gurdy, Hurdy-gurdy, Street Organ
Generic synonyms: Instrument, Musical Instrument
Category relationships: Music

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grind Organ

grimoire
grimoires
grimselite
grimsir
grimsirs
grimy
grin
grin and bear it
grin like a Cheshire cat
grinch
grinches
grind
grind away
grind down
grind one's gears
grind organ (current term)
grind out
grind to a halt
grindable
grindcore
grinde
grinded
grindelia
grindelias
grinder
grinderies
grinders
grindery
grindest
grindeth

Literary usage of Grind organ

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From Alien to Citizen: The Story of My Life in America by Edward Alfred Steiner (1914)
"... almost say: " Once upon a time "—an Italian came to our town with a grind-organ, a monkey, and a parrot. The grind-organ and the monkey performed for ..."

2. Junior High School Literature by William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck (1922)
"EDWARD A. STEINER It seems so long ago that I might almost say, "Once upon a time"— an Italian came to our town with a grind-organ, a monkey, and a parrot. ..."

3. The Life of Captain Sir Richd F. Burton by Isabel Burton (1893)
"But I could not stand a fearful automatic grind- organ, the size of an average clothes-press, which raised its abominable voice immediately after dinner, ..."

4. Round about Rio: A Novel by Frank De Yeaux Carpenter (1884)
""And the grind-organ," added Chester. "Think of having your teeth pulled to the heavenly strains of a grind-organ !" Again the forceps were applied. ..."

5. Festivals and Plays in Schools and Elsewhere by Percival Chubb (1912)
"I «n 1 A most suggestive experiment in New York City was the equipping for ordinary itinerant street use of a grind-organ with the folk-dance tunes used in ..."

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