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street pianos

street pianos is the plural of street piano.

Meaning of street piano

Noun

street piano (plural street pianos)

  1. A piano placed in a public area to encourage passers-by to stop and play.
  2. (historical) A mechanical piano used by street entertainers, operated with a crank that turned a wooden cylinder from which leather hammers were thrown against the strings.
    • Who that has lived thirty years in the world has not discovered that Pleasure is coy; and must not be too directly pursued, but must be caught unawares? An air from a street-piano, heard while at work, will often gratify more than the choicest music played at a concert by the most accomplished...1854, Herbert Spencer, “Manners and Fashion”, in Essays: Scientific, Political, and Speculative, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, published 1858, page 148
    Synonyms:
    barrel piano

Questions about street pianos

What is street pianos the plural of?
Street pianos is the plural of street piano.

Words near street pianos in the dictionary

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  9. street queen
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