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squeezebox

American  
[skweez-boks] / ˈskwizˌbɒks /

noun

Informal.
  1. a concertina or accordion.


Etymology

Origin of squeezebox

First recorded in 1905–10; squeeze + box 1

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The dynamic singer delivered every lyric with his whole body as he frenetically tapped the buttons of his brightly colored accordion, doing his best to make the squeezebox sound like an electric guitar.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

He scrimped together his first wages to buy the small squeezebox he packed when he immigrated — alone — to the United States at the age of 15.

From Seattle Times May 20, 2022

My own childhood in the New York suburbs was marked by the old-time folksy squeezebox singalongs of “You Are My Sunshine” and “Oh, Susanna!”

From New York Times Nov. 24, 2021

Sidorova started playing the instrument at the age of six, after discovering a small squeezebox in her grandmother's attic, and went on to study accordion at London's Royal Academy of Music.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2021

His acoustic guitars, his squeezebox, harmonicas, a left-handed fiddle and a banjo Gus made out of a bucket and wood were sent to Nature Camp, where he had been a counselor.

From Washington Post

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