All 6 Uses
accordion
in
Lonesome Dove
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- "The barber says there's a drummer with an accordion staying in the hotel," Lippy said.†
Chpt 85-86accordion = characterized by narrower parallel folds when closed and wider when open
- If he ain't too attached to the accordion, I might buy it.†
Chpt 85-86
- We could make some fine music back at the wagon if we had an accordion to play.†
Chpt 85-86
- They found Lippy by the sound of the accordion, which he had managed to purchase but had not exactly learned to play.†
Chpt 85-86 *
- "I just bought this accordion," Lippy said.†
Chpt 85-86
- Lippy, starved for music, played the accordion and spent nearly the whole winter trying to make a fiddle from a shoe box.†
Chpt 99-100
Definitions:
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(1)
(accordion as in: an accordion door) characterized by narrower parallel folds when closed and wider when open -- such as a door or musical instrument with that characteristicWhen unqualified, accordion generally refers to a musical instrument.
See the related Google Images to see pictures of the musical instrument, doors, folds, and pleats that have accordion characteristics. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)