hurdy-gurdy

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It is the hurdy-gurdy that calls to life such revelry.

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  1. noun A medieval stringed instrument played by turning a rosined wheel with a crank and depressing keys connected to tangents on the strings.
  2. noun Any instrument, such as a barrel organ, played by turning a crank.

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  1. Imitative.

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  1. A riming formula, apparently in imitative description of the sound of the instrument. Cf. hirdy-girdy.
 

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/ˈhərdɪˈgərdi/
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