piano
/piˈænoʊ/ adverb C2- Softly, as a dynamic in a piece of music. · (abbreviation) p
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Five minutes afterwards the piano resounded to the touch of Mademoiselle d’Armilly’s fingers, and Mademoiselle Danglars was singing Brabantio’s malediction on Desdemona.
Next door there appeared to be a children’s party, for the merry buzz of young voices and the clatter of a piano resounded through the night.
Cloth of gold for coverlet there was none, but an old piano scarf of yellow Japanese crepe was an excellent substitute.
If a home is happy it cannot fit too close—let the dresser collapse and become a billiard table; let the mantel turn to a rowing machine, the escritoire to a spare bedchamber, the washstand to an upright piano; let the four walls come together, if they will, so you and your Delia are between.
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