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单词 piano-top
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piano-topadj.

Brit. /pɪˈanəʊtɒp/, U.S. /piˈænoʊˌtɑp/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piano n.2, top n.1 and adj.
Etymology: < piano n.2 + top n.1 and adj.
attributive. Having a curved top resembling the lid of a piano keyboard.
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1869 N.Y. Herald 7 Apr. 1/2 (advt.) For sale—a bay horse... Also piano top Wagon.
1871 Titusville (Pa.) Morning Herald 7 Sept. (advt.) One New York piano-top Buggy.
1908 R. Kipling Lett. of Trav. (1920) 139 A piano-top buggy on a muddy, board-sidewalked street.
1987 J. Malcolm Gothic Pursuit viii. 66 A burr walnut piano-top Davenport and other Victoriana.
2000 Bath Chron. (Nexis) 15 Feb. Particularly valuable are the piano top style [of davenport] with a rising pulley-driven superstructure and hinged fall.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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