spinet

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Pronunciation

/ˈspɪn.ɪt/(UK)

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/ˈspɪn.ɪt/(UK) · /spɪˈnɛt/(UK) · /ˈspɪn.ɪt/(US) · /ˈspɪn.ɪt/

Definition of spinet

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

A short, compact harpsichord or piano.

“He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.”

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noun

A short, compact harpsichord or piano.

“He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.”
(obsolete)A spinney.

“The invention was to have a Satyr lodged in a little spinet, by which her majesty and the prince were to come”

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Borrowed from Italian spinetta.

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