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musical box

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musical box
Noun
a box containing a mechanical instrument that plays tunes when the box is opened
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Noun1.musical boxmusical box - produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate
music box
musical instrument, instrument - any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
Translations
musical box, music box n → carillon m inv


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"How much the bird reminds me of the musical box that belonged to our blessed Empress," said an old knight.
Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context
It was her hope that the quiet life and soothing air of Brookport, with--unless you counted the money-in-the-slot musical box at the store--its absence of the fiercer excitements, might in time pull him together and unscramble his disordered nervous system.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
My father accompanied me every day in a drive, and a gradually lengthening walk as my powers of walking increased; and one evening he had agreed to come and fetch me at twelve the next day, that we might go together to select a musical box, and other purchases rigorously demanded of a rich Englishman visiting Geneva.
The Lifted Veil by Eliot, George View in context
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