street organ

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street organ - a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs

barrel organ, grind organ, hand organ, hurdy gurdy, hurdy-gurdy

musical instrument, instrument - any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds

music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

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