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concertina definition

con·cer·tina (kän′sər tē′nə)

noun

a musical instrument similar to an accordion but smaller and with buttons instead of a keyboard

Etymology: concert + -ina: coined (1829) by Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-75), Eng physicist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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