melodion
Americannoun
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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 L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
There was an old-time melodion in one corner and an up-to-date phonograph in another.
From The Trail of Conflict by Emilie Baker Loring
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 Lilian Bell
The melodion gave one final gasp of surprise and was dumb.
From The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature by Henry Van Dyke
You know Pat plays the melodion, and he asked Peter to sing, and Peter can't sing a bit, and he was laughed at.
From The Untilled Field by George (George Augustus) Moore
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