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tickle the ivories
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Play the piano, as in He went on tickling the ivories until three in the morning . This expression alludes to a piano's keys, traditionally made of ivory. [ Colloquial ; first half of 1900s]Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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