Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small hand-organ used in the training of song-birds; a bird-organ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music A small
barrel organ once used to teach tunes to canaries
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Examples
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At first, the bird's song was provided by a serinette mechanism, as is the case here; later, the Jaquet-Droz were to invent the whistle with sliding piston, which allowed a much greater miniaturization and the imitation of true bird song.
Of Clockwork Trains and Faberge Eggs Heather McDougal 2008
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At first, the bird's song was provided by a serinette mechanism, as is the case here; later, the Jaquet-Droz were to invent the whistle with sliding piston, which allowed a much greater miniaturization and the imitation of true bird song.
Archive 2008-04-01 Heather McDougal 2008
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There was a very small barrel-organ in use during the 18th and 19th centuries, known as the bird-organ (Fr. _serinette_, _turlutaine_,
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
knitandpurl commented on the word serinette
"Serenade of serinettes" - from "World without Birds" by Robin Ekiss
April 11, 2010
bilby commented on the word serinette
I imagine ruzuzu collects these.
June 15, 2022