squeeze-box

British  

noun

1. an informal name for concertina accordion

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Example Sentences

At one point, someone produces a squeeze-box allegedly once owned by Stephen Stills, but doesn't actually play anything on it.

From The Guardian

Cecil Sharp Project At Shrewsbury Folk festival on 28 August Details It was a Who's Who of the new British folk scene, with Knightley joined by Kathryn Roberts, Jim Moray and his sister Jackie Oates, Patsy Reid from the Scottish band Breabach, and the squeeze-box star Andy Cutting, along with the funny and furious Canadian banjo player Leonard Podolak and the fine American singer Caroline Herring, the discovery of the evening.

From The Guardian

"I'm the crazy accordion lady/ This is my song," yowls a blue-haired young woman cradling a squeeze-box.

From Time

A Cajun band on a wagon, relying heavily on fiddle, washboard, squeeze-box, guitar and triangle, will serenade him on the 15-mile ride.

From Time Magazine Archive