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concertina
noun
con·cer·ti·na
ˌkän(t)-sər-ˈtē-nə 
1
: a musical instrument of the accordion family
2
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Delfina rolls out the pasta then flicks a huge piece the size of the table out like a bed sheet, folds it concertina style and slices it up finely.
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
There were some lineup changes early on, but founding member and concertina player Mohsen Amini persists, alongside fiddler Benedict Morris and guitarist Charlie Galloway.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2025
Leon directs the piece for the Roundabout Theatre Company quite beautifully, expanding out Cephus’ world like a concertina on Amulfo Maldonado’s set, dominated by agrarian crops and the other nomenclature of the rural South in the late 1950s.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
As part of a broader, multi-billion-dollar campaign known as Operation Lone Star, Abbott has instructed state National Guard troops to put up concertina and razor wire, as well as other barriers, along parts of Texas' border with Mexico.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
In response to some of the OLS efforts, the Biden administration ordered the destruction of the concertina barriers and sued over the marine barriers.
—Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
Why had nobody seen before that a caterpillar is like a concertina?
—Lori Oliwenstein, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
His father played the accordion and concertina, and Mr. MacGowan was performing publicly at 3 after a family audition.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
In Morris dancing, a folk form performed to live music (fiddles, concertinas, melodeons), movements can be discrete or dramatic, from rhythmic stepping and one-legged hops to gentle gestures.
—Genevieve Marks, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
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Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
There were some lineup changes early on, but founding member and concertina player Mohsen Amini persists, alongside fiddler Benedict Morris and guitarist Charlie Galloway.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2025
Leon directs the piece for the Roundabout Theatre Company quite beautifully, expanding out Cephus’ world like a concertina on Amulfo Maldonado’s set, dominated by agrarian crops and the other nomenclature of the rural South in the late 1950s.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
As part of a broader, multi-billion-dollar campaign known as Operation Lone Star, Abbott has instructed state National Guard troops to put up concertina and razor wire, as well as other barriers, along parts of Texas' border with Mexico.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
In response to some of the OLS efforts, the Biden administration ordered the destruction of the concertina barriers and sued over the marine barriers.
—Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
Why had nobody seen before that a caterpillar is like a concertina?
—Lori Oliwenstein, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
His father played the accordion and concertina, and Mr. MacGowan was performing publicly at 3 after a family audition.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
In Morris dancing, a folk form performed to live music (fiddles, concertinas, melodeons), movements can be discrete or dramatic, from rhythmic stepping and one-legged hops to gentle gestures.
—Genevieve Marks, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
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“Concertina.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concertina. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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concertina
noun
con·cer·ti·na
ˌkän(t)-sər-ˈtē-nə
: a small musical instrument resembling an accordion
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