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Synonyms for accordion
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : uh-kawr-dee-uh n |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈkɔr di ən |
Définition of accordion
Origin :- 1831, from German Akkordion, from Akkord "musical chord, concord of sounds, be in tune" (cf. Italian accordare "to attune an instrument"); ultimately from same source as English accord (v.), with suffix on analogy of clarion, etc. Invented 1829 by piano-maker Cyrill Demian (1772-1847) of Vienna.
- noun musical instrument
- With that, the unknown displayed an accordion which was slung across his chest.
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- Was not his accordion there to show that he possessed a regular means of livelihood?
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- Ye can't foller a fiddle an' sing, ye got to hev a melodeon or accordion.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
- The Italian slipped his hands from the accordion and laid it aside.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
- Gunner Oke had strapped an accordion on top of his knapsack.
- Extract from : « Merry-Garden and Other Stories » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- Why, the table in the middle of the room—chairs—the guitar—the accordion.
- Extract from : « Fruits of Culture » by Leo Tolstoy
- What I want to know, Captain,” says he, “is where you learned to play the accordion so well.
- Extract from : « Odd Numbers » by Sewell Ford
- The accordion and the bones were put aside that day, and Homer was forgotten.
- Extract from : « The Short-story » by William Patterson Atkinson
- But a banjo would be better for the Doppies, or—I have it—an accordion!
- Extract from : « Charge! » by George Manville Fenn
- One-eyed Joe played the accordion, and that was all the music they had.
- Extract from : « Just Patty » by Jean Webster
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