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melodeon
[ muh-loh-dee-uhn ]
noun
- a small reed organ.
- a kind of accordion.
melodeon
/ mɪˈləʊdɪən /
noun
- a type of small accordion
- a type of keyboard instrument similar to the harmonium
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Word History and Origins
Origin of melodeon1
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Example Sentences
Then you could do your paintin',' she says, 'an' get you a new melodeon for the Sunday School, or whatever 'tis you want.
Dancing was tabooed, but a "melodeon" was carted to the dock and hymns were sung.
At the close of one convivial session Artemus went to a concert-hall, the "Melodeon," blacked his face, and delivered a speech.
The melodeon, tormented by Mrs. Lurania Bassett, shrieked and groaned, and the hymn was sung.
The pipes, the melodeon, the fiddle, they know that—and a few ould ones have heard the harp.
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