organ grinder's monkey One who acts for or does the bidding of someone much more powerful. Following the announcement, many are accusing the prime minister of being an organ …
organ grinder noun [ C ] uk / ˈɔː.ɡən ˌɡraɪn.də r/ us / ˈɔːr.ɡən ˌɡraɪn.dɚ / a person who earns money in the street by playing a musical instrument that is operated by turning a handle …
The organ grinder himself has been the subject of adoration as well as contempt. Until the invention of the phonograph and radio, the organ grinder brought the only music that many people, especially the poorer folks in cities, …
Formation The British Organ Grinders Association was set up in 1991 by Peter Churchard, along with a handful of British enthusiasts who decided that some kind of club was needed for hand …
A street organ (French: Orgue de rue; German: Straßenorgel) played by an organ grinder is a French-German automatic mechanical pneumatic organ designed to be mobile enough to play its music in the street. The two most …
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$ 199.00 The Organ Grinder was the first Lounsberry Pedal designed for keyboards. Developed with the aid of Roger Powell of Utopia and …
or· gan-grind· er ˈȯr-gən-ˌgrīn-dər : one that cranks a hand organ especially : a street musician who operates a barrel organ Word History First Known Use 1781, in the meaning defined …
The Organ Grinder Restaurant was a Portland, Oregon pizzeria in operation from 1973 to 1996. At one point it housed the largest theater pipe organ of its type in the world.
organ grinder in American English noun an itinerant street musician who earns a living by playing a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin …