mouth organ

noun

: harmonica sense 2

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My father once gave me a mouth organ for my birthday. — Hugo Hamilton, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024 Advertisement Adler, who will play the Thai mouth organ — known as a khaen — at the concert, is a music professor and director of Asian Studies at the University of San Diego. — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023

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First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mouth organ was in 1863

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“Mouth organ.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mouth%20organ. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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mouth organ

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: harmonica

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