Definition of "melodeon" [me•lo•de•on]

• A small harmonium. (noun)

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• "The scene to be represented is a parlor furnished with sofa, chairs, carpet, pictures, table, and a melodeon, which is placed on the side of the stage."
• "Dancing was tabooed, but a "melodeon" was carted to the dock and hymns were sung."
• "Presently the profound stillness was broken by the harmonium -- "melodeon" is, I believe, the precise name of the instrument -- softly sounding a bar of music."