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melodeon
UK /mɪˈləʊdɪən/ US /məˈloʊdi.ən/
noun 3
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4ADJ.
long, principal
VERB + MELODEON
bring
MELODEON + NOUN
fiddle, rob
PREP.
on, up
Definitions
noun
1
A type of reed organ with a single keyboard.
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
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.
His brother, Roy, joined him as a dancer - their two-man jigs were much admired - and his nephew, Jamie Wheeler, has become the side's principal musician, on melodeon and fiddle.
noun
1
A music hall.
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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.
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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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His brother, Roy, joined him as a dancer - their two-man jigs were much admired - and his nephew, Jamie Wheeler, has become the side's principal musician, on melodeon and fiddle.
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