harmonium
Noun
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Noun
harmonium (plural harmoniums)
- (music) A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through.
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Harcourt Brace Jovanivich, page 181:
- They were a grave and reverend seignior in a frock coat, a lady sitting at a portable harmonium, and a chinless youth toying with a crucifix.
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Harcourt Brace Jovanivich, page 181:
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