Usage examples of "шарманка" in Russian with translation to English

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Translations: all5 hurdy-gurdy3 street organ1 barrel organ1

Я должен увидеть человека с этой шарманкой. I have to see a man about a hurdy-gurdy.

Недавно он в руки взял шарманку и стал петербургским шарманщиком, так как созрел для этой сложной роли всем своим богемным существованием, философией и имиджем. Recently he took up the street organ and became St. Petersburg's music man, because he was ready for this complex role with all his Bohemian existence, philosophy and image.

Дамы и господа, музыкальная шкатулка из папье-маше, в форме шарманки. Ladies and gentlemen, a papier-mâché musical box in the shape of a barrel organ.

Я принесу шарманку и сыграю тебе маленькую серенаду. I'll get my hurdy-gurdy and play you a little serenade.

Говорят, сделать это также трудно, как найти шлюху, играющую на шарманке. Making it, as they say, as tough to find as a hooker who can play the hurdy-gurdy.

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