mothbox n.
(orig. US black) a piano.
![]() | Down Beat’s Yearbook of Swing n.p.: mothbox : a piano. | |
![]() | (con. 1930s) | Fast Copy 22: Up in Harlem, where canaries sang while hepcats played the mothbox, hides, plumbing, and licorice sticks, they had listened to the rhythms of Fletcher Henderson.|
![]() | (con. 1940s–60s) Straight from the Fridge Dad 132: Mothbox Piano. |