musical box
noun
chiefly British
: music box
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web She’s saved by her nurse who hurls the musical box at Henry, returning him to the spirit world. 
Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2021
Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2021 Word History
First Known Use
1813, in the meaning defined above
- play make-believe
- play merry hell with
- play money
- play nice
- play no part in
- play off against
- play on
- play on or upon
- play on words
- play one's cards
- play one's cards close to one's chest/vest
- play one's cards close to the chest/vest
- play one's cards right
- play out
- play politics
- play possum
- play school
- play second fiddle
- play smart
- play someone or something off against someone or something
- play something close to one's chest
- play something close to the vest
- play straight
- play structure
- play the clown