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hurdy-gurdy

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hurdy-gurdy

Musical instrument, usually with six strings, resembling a violin in tone but using a form of keyboard to play a melody on the top string, while drone strings provide a continuous harmony. An inbuilt wheel, turned by a handle, sets the strings vibrating.



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Arriving under the shadow of the Pyncheon Elm, it proved to be the Italian boy, who, with his monkey and show of puppets, had once before played his hurdy-gurdy beneath the arched window.
A hurdy-gurdy was playing in the corner opposite the club, just visible from where he stood.
* sort of guitar, or rather hurdy-gurdy, the strings of which were
 
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