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autoharp
CIDE DICTIONARY
autoharp, n. [Auto- + harp.].
A zitherlike musical instrument, provided with dampers which, when depressed, deaden some strings, leaving free others that form a chord. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
autoharp, n. a kind of zither with a mechanical device to allow the playing of chords.
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