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accordion
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The History of Love
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- He sang them while accompanying himself on the accordion his grandfather gave him, the one who'd moved in after Misha's grandmother died and, according to Misha, her soul descended on the Summer Gardens in St. Petersburg in the form of a flock of geese.†
accordion = characterized by narrower parallel folds when closed and wider when open
- He moved into the already cramped room Misha shared with his older sister, Svetlana, took out his accordion, and began to produce his life's work.†
- When he died, he left Svetya the eighteen volumes of The History of the Jews, and Misha the accordion.†
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- THE BOY WITH THE ACCORDION Misha and I wrote twenty-one letters back and forth.†
- Just then Misha rushed out of the kitchen strapped into his accordion, which was plugged into an amplifier, and broke into song.†
- "Well it's my birthday, too!" he yelled, and the accordion shrieked to life.†
- We rolled around a little, and his crotch sort of rubbed against my crotch, but only for a second, because then my shoulder got accidentally mashed against his accordion.†
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)