What does the highlighted word mean?
Source: House of the Dead (1861), Part 1 Chapter XII - The Performance
To attest that I retain sufficient reading comprehension and common sense, my best guess was that the highlighted word is simply another/archaic way of saying 'harmonicas', but the sentence structure obviously points to it being impossible. My second guess is that the word is another spelling of 'harmonizer', but I have no evidence to prove that either, hence why I enlist the help of you people to shed light on the origin of this word and divulge the meaning of it.
Posted Sep 5, 2025, 10:15 AM UTC
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