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Definition of Music box
1. Noun. Produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate.
Definition of Music box
1. Noun. A box that generates or plays music, particularly one using mechanical means rather than electronic, generally using a cylinder or disk containing the music. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Music Box
Literary usage of Music box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"... so the student need not be surprised at the novelty of effect here and there,
but should strive to give every passage due expression. THE music box— ..."
2. Folio (1881)
"THE music box.* EMANUEL LIEBICH. Op. 19. • A good effect can be introduced towards
the end of the piece by growing slower, ..."
3. The Female Poets of America: With Portraits, Biographical Notices, and by Thomas Buchanan Read (1852)
"YOUR heart is a music-box, dearest! With exquisite tunes at command, Of melody
sweetest and clearest, If tried by a delicate hand; But its workmanship, ..."
4. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"... she has a hole or a music box in her chest, whether she has a set of teeth or a
... music box ..."
5. William Clayton's Journal: A Daily Record of the Journey of the Original by William Clayton (1921)
"... to try to trade my music box for a cow but did not succeed. SUNDAY, ZND.
Preparing to cross the river. Pelat- iah Brown went swimming all the forenoon ..."