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calliope

[kuh-lahy-uh-pee, kal-ee-ohp] / kəˈlaɪ ə pi, ˈkæl iˌoʊp /
NOUN
pipe organ
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He also spotted a calliope during that same period.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2020

Her six-year-old feet skimming swiftly over battered gray grass, twinkly, too-bright colored lights, shards of mirror, the wild music of a steam calliope.

From The Verge ● Feb. 8, 2019

It was performed exclusively by kids -- little kids, bigger kids, teenagers – but was a full-on big top experience, with sawdust and a calliope, acrobats and aerialists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2018

On the internet she found Kenneth Griffard, a Michigan-based calliope specialist, who had a partly completed one, and that’s when the project started to sprout.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2018

On the car past the calliope a Farmer’s Friend wind stacker blew out circulars and handbills instead of chaff.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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