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Definition of Hurdy gurdy

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurdy Gurdy

Literary usage of Hurdy gurdy

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

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1900)
"for a patent and its issue, the miners of California had independently developed the " hurdy-gurdy " wheel, which, though crude, was the immediate ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1848)
"The boy evinced his gratitude by a new turn of the hurdy-gurdy. " That is not labour," said my companion ; " and had you found him at work, you had given ..."

3. Musical Instruments by Carl Engel (1908)
"HURDY-GURDY (Vielle). With arms of France and crowned monogram of Henry II. on back and front. Near the handle are monograms of Catherine de Médicis. ..."

4. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and by John Smith (1831)
"... a youthful couple are dancing to the music of a hurdy-gurdy and a triangle, played by a man and a boy, who are at the side of the house, on the right; ..."

5. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, Adela Harriet Sophia Bagot Wodehouse (1879)
"The hurdy gurdy is an instrument the sound of which is produced by the ... From the position in which the hurdy gurdy is held the keys return by their own ..."

6. Curran and His Contemporaries by Charles Phillips (1850)
"It goes to my heart, Phillips," he has often said, " to see those mean, miserable hurdy-gurdy men grinding their discord through the country. ..."

7. A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic Mining in California: With Description of by Augustus Jesse Bowie (1885)
"A twelve-feet diameter Hurdy-gurdy wheel is attached, and, using 30 inches of ... Hurdy-gurdy Wheels.—Derricks and electric-light machines necessitate the ..."

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