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organ-grinder

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organ-grinder
n
a street musician playing a hand organ for money
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.organ-grinder - a street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdyorgan-grinder - a street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy
impresario, promoter, showman - a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
Translations
organ-grinder [ˈɔːgənˌgraɪndəʳ] Norganillero/a m/f
organ-grinder [ˈɔːgənˌgraɪndəʳ] nsuonatore/trice di organetto


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The organ-grinder got awfully angry and said that he wanted to keep the monkey.
Why, an organ-grinder whom I met in Gorokhovaia Street would inspire more respect than they do, for at least he walks about all day, and suffers hunger--at least he looks for a stray, superfluous groat to earn him subsistence, and is, therefore, a true gentleman, in that he supports himself.
A poor tired Italian organ-grinder, tramping with an equally tired monkey along the dusty roads, had to be bought off in a similar manner,--though he only cost sixpence.
 
 
 
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