Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - pianola
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(pianolas) A pianola is a type of mechanical piano. When you press the pedals, air is forced through holes in a roll of paper to press the keys and play a tune. (TRADEMARK) (BRIT; in AM, use player piano) N-VAR: oft the N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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n. 1 propr. a kind of automatic piano; a player-piano. 2 (pianola) Bridge an easy hand needing no skill. 3 (pianola) an easy task. Etymology: app. dimin. of PIANO(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- c.1896, trademark name of a player piano, the ending perhaps abstracted from viola and meant as a diminutive suffix. The pianola's popularity led to a rash of product names ending in -ola, especially Victrola (1906), and slang words such as payola. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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