Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An accordion.
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- noun informal
accordion
Etymologies
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Examples
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She doesn't, however, condone the nickname "squeezebox" or mocking the instrument.
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Like jamming innumerable clowns into a Volkswagen Beetle, the composer has created a series of compositions that sound as if an orchestra were stuffed into a squeezebox on the compelling closer "Not So Sure."
Daniel J. Kushner: Audio Outliers: Rediscovering Recent Gems in Experimental Music
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Like jamming innumerable clowns into a Volkswagen Beetle, the composer has created a series of compositions that sound as if an orchestra were stuffed into a squeezebox on the compelling closer "Not So Sure."
Daniel J. Kushner: Audio Outliers: Rediscovering Recent Gems in Experimental Music
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Like jamming innumerable clowns into a Volkswagen Beetle, the composer has created a series of compositions that sound as if an orchestra were stuffed into a squeezebox on the compelling closer "Not So Sure."
Daniel J. Kushner: Audio Outliers: Rediscovering Recent Gems in Experimental Music
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I had to make a choice: either change the story to fit a squeezebox (impossible) or start again with a more complex architecture in mind.
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Like jamming innumerable clowns into a Volkswagen Beetle, the composer has created a series of compositions that sound as if an orchestra were stuffed into a squeezebox on the compelling closer "Not So Sure."
Daniel J. Kushner: Audio Outliers: Rediscovering Recent Gems in Experimental Music
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It was an extraordinary performance, intricate down to the aged pair's minutely shaking hands, the varied sound effects conjured by a simple squeezebox.
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Sometimes the songs have a folksy sway, cool melodic lines unfolding with squeezebox sounds, soft basslines and understated percussion around them; sometimes, they coolly shuffle like the bouncier songs of Madeleine Peyroux.
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It swings easily through styles; four-to-the-floor salsa on "Lowrider", Manu Chao-style reggae on "Rosa", rural folk laced with clarinet and squeezebox on "Para Ti Nengón".
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Mishi sang it beautifully, too, his pure tenor lifting over the squeezebox licks.
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