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accordion

ac·cor·di·on [ ə káwrdee ən ] (plural ac·cor·di·ons)


noun 
Definition:
 
air-driven musical instrument: a musical instrument with a keyboard or buttons on one side, buttons on the other, and a bellows in the middle that forces air through metal reeds

[Mid-19th century. < German Akkordion< Akkord "chord" < Italian accordare "tune (an instrument)"]
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