Definitions of hurdy gurdy
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a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegssynonyms: barrel organ, grind organ, hand organ, hurdy-gurdy, street organtype of:instrument, musical instrumentany of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
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