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A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.

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  1. n. A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.
  2. n. coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
  3. n. free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
  4. v. collapse like a concertina
  5. A small musical imstrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.
  6. A small musical imstrument on the principle of the accordion.It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on theinside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the twohexagonal heads.
  7. n:100 n. coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle n. free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds v. collapse like a concertina