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Definition of Autoharps
1. autoharp [n] - See also: autoharp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Autoharps
Literary usage of Autoharps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Music (1896)
"... impresses itself upon you as about as good a thing as any man could expect to
have said about him, in this vale of tears and autoharps. ..."
2. 1795-1895. One Hundred Years of American Commerce ...: A History of American by Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1895)
"Within a few years autoharps, manufactured by Alfred Dolge & Sons, of Dolgeville,
NY, have come into great favor, and are extensively produced. ..."
3. Missionary Review of the World by James Lutzweiler (1901)
"We carried autoharps, hymn books, and a New Testament. We had no license to preach
upon the streets, but we went to the tenements. It was summer-time, ..."
4. World's Columbian Exposition, 1893: Official Catalogue by Moses Purnell Handy (1893)
"Zimmermann, CF, Company, Dolge- ville, NY autoharps. Sec. I, R-1 928 The autoharp "is
shaped like a zither, having bars or padded mutes, which in connection ..."
5. A Dream of the Centuries and Other Entertainments for Parlor and Hall by George Bradford Bartlett (1889)
"The end ladies carry autoharps around which is arranged a harp-shaped frame of
thin wood or thick pasteboard, covered with gilt paper, the effect aimed at ..."
6. Dallas & Fort Worth Alive!by Kimberly Young by Kimberly Young (2001)
"Depending on the day, you could have guitars, spoons, autoharps or fiddles.
It's a great place to bring your picnic blanket and enjoy lunch. ..."
7. The Practical Application of Economic Theories in the Factories of Alfred by Alfred Dolge (1896)
"... many meetings and which has witnessed so many enjoyable social gatherings is
rapidly being turned into a place where the autoharps will be manufactured. ..."
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