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Melodeon

//məˈloʊdi.ən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of reed organ with a single keyboard. historical

    "The thin, nearsighted young woman who had been humped over the keyboard of the melodeon, straightened up. The worshipers relaxed a little and began to look about."

  2. 2
    A music hall. US, historical
  3. 3
    An accordion where the melody-side keyboard is limited to the notes of diatonic scales in a small number of keys.

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French mélodium, with change of ending.

Etymology 2

From melo- + odeon.

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