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[ˈspɪnɪt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a small harpsichord with the strings set obliquely to the keyboard, popular in the 18th century
- a type of small upright piano
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Origin
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mid 17th century: shortening of obsolete French espinette, from Italian spinetta ‘virginal, spinet’, diminutive of spina ‘thorn’ (see spine), the strings being plucked by quills
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