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street piano

British  

noun

  1. another name for barrel organ

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A city in Japan has decided to remove a street piano after officials concluded too many people were displaying poor manners while playing.

From BBC May 1, 2023

I would perhaps have made a sharp anser, but a street piano outside began to play The Star-Spangled Banner.

From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

She, with her partner, danced down the whole wedding party; even the untiring street piano gave up, and their last spin was taken without music.

From Molly Brown's Orchard Home by Speed, Nell

He would go out of his way even to hear a street piano, and the brightest moments of his Sundays were often those spent within sound of the roll of the organ.

From Reginald Cruden A Tale of City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines

The warm, wet smell of the freshly sprinkled streets, the whiff of an occasional cigar, the sound of a street piano in the next block, all seemed so strange yet so friendly and sociable.

From Mary Ware's Promised Land by Goss, John

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