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Origin of pipe organ

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Words nearby pipe organ

pipeliner, pipelining, pipe major, pip emma, pipe of peace, pipe organ, piper, piperaceous, piperacillin, pipe rack, piperazine

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How to use pipe organ in a sentence

Indeed his soundtrack came—in part—from his central scenic prop: a small pipe organ.
Hedi Slimane’s Spring 2013 Paris Debut at Saint Laurent |Robin Givhan|October 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
There was also an organ—a real pipe organ—in the gallery, that was the pride of the congregation of the Old Mill Church.
Sixes and Sevens|O. Henry
The notes of the pipe organ began to fill the building in a slow rolling march.
A Girl Of The Limberlost|Gene Stratton Porter
Facing her was the wide stage with its handsome velvet curtains, and my, all those pipes must be of a big pipe organ!
Betty Lee, Freshman|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

Of 150 pipe-organ wasp nests examined, none was radioactive.
Atoms, Nature, and Man|Neal O. Hines
At the same time, another variety of wasp, the pipe-organ mud dauber, was building nests only of nonradioactive mud.
Atoms, Nature, and Man|Neal O. Hines

British Dictionary definitions for pipe organ

pipe organ

noun

another name for organ (def. 1) Compare reed organ

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pipe organ

Origin of pipe organ

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