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concertina: tags: [music]

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a Russian accordian

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A minute later he ran out of the house with a concertina. Jingling some coppers in his pocket, and cracking sunflower seeds as he ran, he went out at the gate.

Anton Chekhov. The Witch and other stories

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At the same instant a man in a concertinalike black suit, who had emerged from a side-alley, ran towards Winston, pointing excitedly to the sky.

George Orwell. 1984 (1949)