concertina

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Ugh! The whole thing's like a concertina, and some one jigging it They all turn as the door opens, and a FOOTMAN enters with a tray of whiskey, gin, lemons, and soda water.

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  1. noun A small hexagonal accordion with bellows and with buttons for keys.

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  • ‘Failing Judy’s concertina, the fiddle is the only thing. —  The Death-Cap Dancers - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 59: 1981
  • Irish alto flute, tin whistle, concertina, harmonium, and duet fiddling, and plenty of stories that put the music into a personal context ... —  GotPoetry.com News
  • It wasn't until I found a guitar, concertina, and fiddle to play with AT SPEED, that everything really started to come together. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • Then, when the Captain, opening a smaller package, displayed a pair of bellows like a concertina, they gave a gasp. —  The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole
  • Further, it was his role to play the concertina to her: he had had to learn the concertina-- possibly a secret humiliation for one whose judgement in terriers was not excelled in many public-houses SEVEN She danced; and the service-doorway showed a vista of open-mouthed scullions. —  Clayhanger
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  1. concert + Italian -ina, feminine diminutive suff.

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  1. New Latin, from Italian concerto, a concert, harmony: see concert, v.
 

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