Both Uses
accordion
in
Music From Spain, by Eudora Welty
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- The street beggars knew it, they sat light-drenched, the blind accordion player with his eyes wide open and his lips formed in a kiss.†
*accordion = characterized by narrower parallel folds when closed and wider when open
- The square shone, and the facade of a steep street like a great gray accordion spread over a knee seemed about to stutter into the air.†
Definitions:
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(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)