- a variation of melodeon.
melodion
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In one end of their boat is a little melodion apparently built for river travel, for I never saw one anywhere else.
From Abroad with the Jimmies by Bell, Lilian
There's your Dad's old chair, and the dresser and the melodion.
From The Rim of the Desert by Anderson, Ada Woodruff
The ladies of the committee ranged themselves so as to make a background of solemn benevolence on the platform, in the middle of which stood a primeval melodion with two octaves and four stops.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
The melodion gave one final gasp of surprise and was dumb.
From The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature by Van Dyke, Henry
Serena's willing fingers laboured patiently over the yellow keys of the reluctant melodion.
From The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature by Van Dyke, Henry
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