urdy

Why he went and what he done was our question for as much as a year after; for he never took his ‘urdy-gurdy, and there it lays on the shelf.’

Lost Hearts by M. R. James | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2004

Why he went and what he done was our question for as much as a year after; for he never took his 'urdy-gurdy, and there it lays on the shelf.'

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 1899

'He were a foreigner -- Jevanny he called hisself -- and he come a-tweaking his' urdy-gurdy round and about the drive one winter day, and master 'ad him in that minute, and ast all about where he came from, and how old he was, and how he made his way, and where was his relatives, and all as kind as heart could wish.

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 1899

The first gent that rode him found himself dancing a quadrille in Hupper Brook Street to an 'urdy-gurdy that was playing' Cherry Ripe, 'such is the natur of the hanimal.

Men's Wives William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

Hupper Brook Street to an ‘urdy-gurdy that was playing

Mens Wives 2006

‘He were a foreigner – Jevanny he called hisself – and he come a-tweaking his ‘urdy-gurdy round and about the drive one winter day, and master ‘ad him in that minute, and ast all about where he came from, and how old he was, and how he made his way, and where was his relatives, and all as kind as heart could wish.

Lost Hearts by M. R. James | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2004

It's more like a pianer-horgan or a 'urdy-gurdy. "

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