gurdy

This is a good halibut ground although it is almost impossible to haul the gear by hand and the use of the "gurdy" (a roller turned by a crank and fastened to the dory's bow for winding up the trawl) becomes necessary.

Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine Walter H. Rich

I remember the bright lights and swirling, stomach-churning rides, the sounds of the hurdy-gurdy barrel organ competing with pop music blaring out from the rides, showmen shouting their wares, the roar of motorbikes on the wall of death, and the wail of the ghost train.

Country diary: East Yorkshire Rosemary Roach 2010

They have a ridiculously tall singer named Win and some members play uber-quirky, ironic instruments like the glockenspiel and the xylophone and even the hurdy-gurdy -- which I had to look up to see what it was -- and many appear to wear thrift-store clothes and sport appropriate indie-approved beards, making them look gangly and sexy and silly, all at once ....

Mark Morford: Forgive Me, I Do Not Like The Arcade Fire Mark Morford 2010

Of course, Page and Plant had a backing band — that included a hurdy gurdy [4] player and a mandolin player who also chipped in on bodhrán [5].

A Progressive on the Prairie » Midweek Music Moment: No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded » Print 2009

Of course, Page and Plant had a backing band — that included a hurdy gurdy player and a mandolin player who also chipped in on bodhrán.

Midweek Music Moment: No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009

Will you please turn off your hurdy-gurdy for five minutes?

Global Voices in English » Georgia, Russia: Cyber Attacks on Blogger ‘Cyxymu’ 2009

The plot of Carl Zeller's "Der Obersteiger" ( "The Foreman") is utterly incoherent; and the title character, whose name is Martin (tenor Bernhard Berchtold), is so unsympathetic that it scarcely matters when he goes from rabble-rouser to impoverished band director to a hurdy-gurdy man who has lost everything.

CD review: CPO's 'Der Obersteiger' 2010

Then there's a hurdy-gurdy and some piano, and there's a bouzouki, and then you hear an electric guitar as well.

Mike Ragogna: Monday Will Never Be The Same : Conversations With Goo Goo Dolls' John Rzeznik, David Gray and Josiah Leming Mike Ragogna 2010

Both Butler and his wife, Régine Chassagne, who writes, sings, drums and plays an array of arcane instruments, including the hurdy-gurdy, lost relatives in the year preceding the album's release.

Arcade Fire: 'The cliched rock life never seemed that cool to us' Sean O 2010

I don't know where Chase's cash comes from but I know that he's forty-six, plays the hurdy gurdy, and is allergic to peanuts.

I don't have a gun and I don't have you 2010