melodion
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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One of these was a pretty melodion, and the young woman's eyes sparkled when she beheld it.
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
A tall scale, a sour glass, a tight stretch, an even table, a celebrated circus and a melodion, these and many more mistakes have no attributes, they are careless.
From Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories by Stein, Gertrude
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
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
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)
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