Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who plays the organ; also, a mechanical device for playing an organ. Compare
piano-player .
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Examples
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Most wonderfully, my elder daughter and I sneaked back for a last look at the three pseudopeople and were astonished to find the organ-player sitting in the dimness breathing and tipping her head, long after the demonstration was over, the lights turned off, and everyone had gone home.
Archive 2008-08-01 Heather McDougal 2008
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Most wonderfully, my elder daughter and I sneaked back for a last look at the three pseudopeople and were astonished to find the organ-player sitting in the dimness breathing and tipping her head, long after the demonstration was over, the lights turned off, and everyone had gone home.
Clockwork in the Cold Heather McDougal 2008
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The writer wrote, the artist drew, the man showed us their insides, and the organ-player played her tunes, her wooden fingers actually pressing the keys on her specially-made organ.
Clockwork in the Cold Heather McDougal 2008
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The writer wrote, the artist drew, the man showed us their insides, and the organ-player played her tunes, her wooden fingers actually pressing the keys on her specially-made organ.
Archive 2008-08-01 Heather McDougal 2008
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The organ-player had been ordered to go away and given sixpence.
Dubliners 2003
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The organ-player suddenly stopped, for this time her voice had risen louder than the music.
Heidi 2000
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The intending organ-player must ascertain that he or she has a gift for music, and this need not be of the highest order, as even a small portion of the gift can be improved with care, and fostered into usefulness.
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886. Various
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So she professed herself willing to undertake the office of organ-player for once, that is to say, if she found she could do it pretty well, only she must go into church and try all the chants over.
Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance H. Lovett Cameron
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It would be criminal to let the brutal organ-player get him again if the lad's story were true, and she did not doubt its truth after the waif had slipped back his ragged sleeves and showed great, ugly, purple welts across his naked arms.
The Lilac Lady Ruth Alberta Brown
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In the fourteenth century we hear of a celebrated organ-player, the blind musician Francesco
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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