baby grand
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of baby grand
First recorded in 1900–05
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She’s offset the building’s cement with a childhood baby grand piano and her grandmother’s lacquer vanity with pearl inlay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Gaga was surrounded by first responders as she played a black baby grand piano in the middle of the road.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025
A wooden chess board sat atop a baby grand piano.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
"It was an extension of himself, his vehicle of creativity," Austin said of the baby grand piano.
From Reuters ● Aug. 3, 2023
Sometimes we went shopping together, and sometimes she would sit at the beautiful white baby grand piano in her living room and play her heart out.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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