squiffern.
/ˈskwɪfə/ slang.
A concertina; also, an organ-bellows or organ. Also transferred (see quot. 1934).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > bellows
windbag1470
bellows1542
power bellows1880
pneumatic1890
squiffer1914
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
1914 G. B. Shaw Fanny's Last Play i, in Misalliance 175 If you can get Holy Joe to sprint a hundred yards, I'll stand you that squiffer with the gold keys... What's a squiffer?..a concertina.
1934 ‘I. Hay’ David & Destiny v. 78 What exactly is a Squiffer... Strictly speaking, a concertina. By a process of excusable exaggeration, an organ-bellows, or even the organ itself. By a characteristic confusion of ideas, a person who blows an organ.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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