subs. (Scots servants).1. A clothes trunk.
2. (old).A pipe.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. ORGAN, WILL YOU COCK YOUR ORGAN, will you smoke your pipe.
3. (printers).A workman who lends money to his fellows at exorbitant interest. TO PLAY THE ORGAN = to apply for such a loan.
TO CARRY THE ORGAN, verb. phr. (military).To shoulder the pack or valise at defaulters or marching order drill.