tickle the ivories

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tickle the ivories

to play the piano. I used to be able to tickle the ivories real nice. She sat down to tickle the ivories for a while.

See also: ivory, tickle

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Or, if you have a piano you might want to pull out your Christmas sheet music and invite your friends to sit down to tickle the ivories. Deck the Halls by Throwing a Tree Trimming Party by Anne Martin / Arts and entertainment industries community As well as guitarists and singer-songwriters, the bar occasionally has a pianist who comes in to tickle the ivories of the pub Joanna with some jazz-flavoured numbers. INNS AND OUTS; Jonathan Trewtracks down some new places to try out by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Although he's been around pianos most of his life, he says the running joke is that he doesn't tickle the ivories. Staying in tune: Phenoyd Ezra's business is perfecting pianos by Moore, Natalie T. / Black Enterprise			thumb through thumbs down thumbs down to thumbs up thumbs up to thump thump down thump on thump out thunder thunder across thunder out thunder past thus far thyself ti tick tick away tick off ticked ticket ticket for some place tickle tickle fancy tickle pink tickle the ivories tickle to death tickled pink tickled to death tide tide over tide turned tidy up tie tie back tie down tie hands tie in tie in a knot tie in knots tie in with tie into tie off tie one on tie onto tie the knot tie to tie traffic up tie up tied down tied to mother's apron strings			ticking over ticking over ticking over ticking over ticking over ticking past ticking past ticking past ticking past ticking past Ticking time bomb scenario Ticking time bomb scenario ticking-off tickings tickings tickings TickIT TickIT ticklace tickle tickle tickle tickle tickle a bug tickle fancy Tickle Inc. Tickle Inc. tickle packet tickle pink tickle pink tickle the ivories tickle to death Tickle-footed Tickle-tail Tickle-tail tickled tickled tickled tickled pink tickled pink tickled pink Tickled Pink Over Paper tickled the ivories tickled the ivories tickled to death tickled to death Ticklenburg Tickleness tickler tickler tickler tickler coil tickler coil tickler file ticklers ticklers ticklers tickles tickles tickles tickles the ivories

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