melodion
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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There was an old-time melodion in one corner and an up-to-date phonograph in another.
From The Trail of Conflict by Loring, Emilie Baker
He early learned to play upon keyed instruments, the melodion, the piano, and the organ, the latter being his favorite.
From Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman by Griffis, William Elliot
"Well, you see he comes up and plays the melodion on Saturday night," said Ned, "and she can't stop him from doing that."
From The Untilled Field by Moore, George (George Augustus)
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
There's your Dad's old chair, and the dresser and the melodion.
From The Rim of the Desert by Anderson, Ada Woodruff
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