SPINET in a Sentence

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Example sentences for SPINET, such as:

1. I had learned in my youth to play a little upon the spinet.
2. Before the spinet a bench was placed, about four feet below the keys, and I was put upon the bench.

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 Meanings and Examples of SPINET
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spinet
 n.  small and compactly built upright piano
Classic Sentence:
1  I had learned in my youth to play a little upon the spinet.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VI.
2  Glumdalclitch kept one in her chamber, and a master attended twice a-week to teach her: I called it a spinet, because it somewhat resembled that instrument, and was played upon in the same manner.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VI.
3  Before the spinet a bench was placed, about four feet below the keys, and I was put upon the bench.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VI.
Example Sentence:
1  In the wider modern usage, a spinet is a cheaper and more compact version of the full-size upright piano, used primarily in the home.