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squeeze-box
squeeze-box n.
Brit. 
/ˈskwiːzbɒks/
, /ˈskwiːzbɒks/U.S. /ˈskwizˌbɑks/
slang †(a) Nautical a ship's harmonium (obsolete); (b) an accordion or concertina./ˈskwizˌbɑks/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > types of organ > [noun] > reed-organ
cottage organ1836
aeoline1840
melodeon1844
melodium1846
harmonium1847
reed organ1851
organ-harmonium1864
American organ1869
harmonicon1876
harmonica1880
organ1880
vocalion1882
squeeze-box1909
melodicon1938
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > other keyboard instruments > [noun] > concertina or accordion
accordion1830
concertina1834
melophone1841
melophonic guitar1842
flutina1859
piano accordion1860
lantum1876
melodeon1880
squeeze-box1909
squiffer1914
bandoneon1925
box1929
organetto1983
1909 J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 232/1 Squeeze-box,..the ship harmonium—used in the hasty Sunday service. From the action of the feet.
1936 Amer. Speech 11 280/1 Squeeze-box, an accordion.
1938 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood On Frontier iii. i. 99 Get yer squeeze-box. [First Soldier begins to play the accordion.]
1942 E. Paul Narrow Street x. 77 I told my Marseilles accordion teacher that the experience had disabled me from practising the squeeze-box for a week.
1963 Times 26 Jan. 11/1 They imagine everyone spends their time dancing to squeezebox music and living on Knackwurst and Apfelstrudel.
1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon vii. 105 He was already ensconced in the bar at the Clachaig, his squeeze box out, a dram of whisky at his side and a cigarette in his mouth.
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