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monkey orchestra en · NOUN
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A group of Meissen porcelain figures depicting monkeys playing musical instruments.
Celebrated sets were the Monkey Orchestra and the Carnival of Venice, escorted by upwards of a hundred different and independent figurines, representing the various professions and trades ...
1877, R. M. Washburn (compiler), The People's Condensed Library - A Compendium of Universal Knowledge, Historical, Scientific, Mechanical, and Statistical, Comprising the Origin of Many Things Not Generally Known, page 360:
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