melodeon
or me·lo·di·on
[muh-loh-dee-uh n]
- a small reed organ.
- a kind of accordion.
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Origin of melodeon
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She could not imagine how the singing could be anything without her voice and the melodeon.
Watch Yourself Go ByAl. G. Field
Ye can't foller a fiddle an' sing, ye got to hev a melodeon or accordion.
Watch Yourself Go ByAl. G. Field
Billy's flute and the melodeon did not harmonize as the melodeon had only three notes left in it.
Watch Yourself Go ByAl. G. Field
I guess we could get us some kind of a melodeon, 'fore we done such a thing as that.
Country NeighborsAlice Brown
Eve came from the melodeon and laid one slim hand on his arm.
The Flaming JewelRobert W. Chambers
melodeon
melodion
- a type of small accordion
- a type of keyboard instrument similar to the harmonium
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Word Origin
C19: from German, from Melodie melody
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Word Origin and History for melodeon
n.
1847, variant of melodion, from German Melopdoin, from Melodie, from Old French melodie (see melody).
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