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melodeon

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me·lo·de·on  (m-ld-n)
n.
A small harmonium.

[Probably alteration of melodium, from melody.]

melodeon, melodion [mɪˈləʊdɪən]
n Music
1. (Music / Instruments) a type of small accordion
2. (Music / Instruments) a type of keyboard instrument similar to the harmonium
[from German, from Melodie melody]


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I was glad to learn that our piano, our parlor organ, and our melodeon were to be the best instruments of the kind that could be had in the market.
She "carried" the alto by ear, danced without being taught, played the melodeon without knowing the notes.
They went clothed in steel and equipped with sword and lance and battle-axe, and if they couldn't persuade a person to try a sewing-machine on the installment plan, or a melodeon, or a barbed-wire fence, or a prohibition journal, or any of the other thousand and one things they canvassed for, they removed him and passed on.
 
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