melodeon

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

melo- +‎ odeon

Noun

melodeon (plural melodeons)

  1. (historical, US) A music hall.

Etymology 2

A melodeon organ (sense 1).
A melodeon accordion (sense 2).

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French mélodium, with change of ending.

Noun

melodeon (plural melodeons)

  1. (historical, music) A type of reed organ with a single keyboard.
  2. (music) An accordion where the melody-side keyboard is limited to the notes of diatonic scales in a small number of keys.
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      But Chae said it didn't matter, he'd bring his melodeon and Long Rob his fiddle; and faith! if that didn't content the folk they were looking for a church parade of the Gordons, not a wedding.
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