Nearby words
steam heat, steam heating, steam iron, steam jacket, steam locomotive, steam organ, steam point, steam reforming, steam room, steam shovel, steam table
Origin of steam organ
First recorded in 1785–95
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Examples from the Web for steam organ
And the artist who sat inside the steam-organ wagon became so sleepy that his hand slipped and struck one of the organ pedals.
Through Welsh Doorways|Jeannette Augustus MarksThey could hear above the thud-thud of the gorged floodgates, shrieks in two keys as monotonous as a steam-organ.
A Diversity of Creatures|Rudyard KiplingIt was a very beautiful meal, and the far-off music of the steam-organ added the last touch of festivity to the scene.
The Enchanted Castle|E. Nesbit
British Dictionary definitions for steam organ
steam organ
noun
a type of organ powered by steam, once common at fairgrounds, in which the pipes are sounded either by a keyboard or in a sequence determined by a moving punched cardUS name: calliope
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