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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—W

Widow's Piano

Inferior instruments sold as bargains; so called from the ordinary advertisement announcing that a widow lady is compelled to sell her piano, for which she will take half-price.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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