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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 hur·dy-gur·dy /ˌhɝdiˈgɚ/
 一種樂器,手風琴之類

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hur·dy-gur·dy n.
 1. A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys.
 2. In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
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