cottage piano
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She took pity on me and sat down at the cottage piano.
From How Women Love (Soul Analysis) by Nordau, Max Simon
I shall have those thick hangings taken down and the furniture moved out, and put in light chairs and a cottage piano, and a few palms over by the window.
From The Wayfarers by Cutting, Mary Stewart Doubleday
I remember that I saw something like a dark shadow move very quickly and disappear in front of a cottage piano.
From Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by O'Donnell, Elliott
But there were two or three pretty pictures on the walls, and a cottage piano, and in the bookcase were a few bright-coloured tempting volumes as well as the graver-looking school-books.
From The Rectory Children by Crane, Walter
Marian was one of your silly sentimental nice things; on account of its associations, she really preferred the cottage piano to the grand.
From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold
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