noun, verb
noun a musical instrument like a small ACCORDION, that you hold in both hands. You press the ends together and pull them apart to produce sounds.
verb (concertinaing, concertinaed, concertinaed) [V] (BrE) to fold up like a concertina:
The truck crashed into the tree and concertinaed.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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