- Tin Pan Alley (n.)
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[Tin Pan Alley 词源字典] - "hit song writing business," 1907, from tin pan, slang for "a decrepit piano" (1882). The original one was "that little section of Twenty-eighth Street, Manhattan, that lies between Broadway and Sixth Avenue," home to many music publishing houses.[Tin Pan Alley etymology, Tin Pan Alley origin, 英语词源]