Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A harmonium or reed-organ.
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Examples
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Fences would not have improved her father's vast lawn, to her mind, or white paint the low-browed front of his dwelling; nor did she feel the want of a stair-carpet and a parlor-organ.
In Exile and Other Stories Mary Hallock Foote 1892
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Loretta had a parlor-organ, and could play on it, and she was going to give Ann Mary lessons after
Young Lucretia and Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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The hymns were accompanied by parlor-organ music when the sea was smooth enough to allow a performer to sit at the instrument without being lashed to his chair.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 Mark Twain 1872
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The hymns were accompanied by parlor-organ music when the sea was smooth enough to allow a performer to sit at the instrument without being lashed to his chair.
The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1872
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_Professor Moore_ plays skilfully the parlor-organ and piano-forte.
Music and Some Highly Musical People James M. Trotter 1867
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Nope, you're kind to your cat, Milt, but you weren't cut out to be no parlor-organ duet. "
Free Air Sinclair Lewis 1918
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