harp n.2
1. (orig. US) a harmonica, a mouth organ.
![]() | Scribner’s Mag. Oct. 481/1: She displayed a flimsy red silk handkerchief and a child’s harp . | |
![]() | In Babel 40: I’d walked from Loueyville over to Terry Hut with a nigger that played the mouth-harp. | ‘Why “Gondola” Was Put Away’ in|
![]() | Psychotic Reactions (1988) 104: I dropped the harp, which was such a limited palette for an experimental artist anyway. | in|
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![]() | Life 88: Cyril Davies was a hell of a harp player, one of the best. |
2. (US) a vibraharp or vibraphone.
![]() | Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: jibing the vibes or hitting the harps. — playing the vibraphone. |