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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

Example Sentences

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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 joked that when he sang he felt like a "squeezebox with all the air squeezed out".

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022

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

The captain of the Prometheus is Idris Elba, who smokes cigarillos and owns an ancient squeezebox and a bewildering accent.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2012

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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