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Spinet

//ˈspɪn.ɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    A spinney. obsolete

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

  3. 3
    early model harpsichord with only one string per note wordnet
  4. 4
    a small and compactly built upright piano wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian spinetta.

Etymology 2

From Latin spīnētum. Doublet of spinney

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