piano-organ

noun

plural piano-organs

: barrel piano

Those who lend their ears to the strains of the piano-organ will frequently hear played many of the Irish jigs …

—Proceedings of the Musical Association, 1908

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

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