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Musical box   /mjˈuzɪkəl bɑks/   Listen
Musical box

noun
1.
Produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate.  Synonym: music box.






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"Musical box" Quotes from Famous Books



... is not skating, which it seems to resemble; it is more like that of a person walking with two crutches besides his two legs. The machinery is simple enough: a strong spiral spring, three or four cog-wheels and pinions, a fly to regulate the motion as in a musical box, and the cams before mentioned. As a toy, it or she is very taking to grown people as well as children. It is a literal fact, that the police requested one of our dealers to remove Miss Autoperipatetikos from his window, because the crowd ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, Issue 67, May, 1863 • Various



Words linked to "Musical box" :   instrument, musical instrument



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