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concertina (n.)

"portable, accordion-like musical instrument," 1835, from concert + fem. ending -ina. Invented 1829 by English inventor Professor Charles Wheatstone (who also invented the stereoscope and the Wheatstone bridge). Concertina wire attested by 1917, so called from similarity to the musical instrument.

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Definitions of concertina from WordNet
1
concertina (n.)
coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle;
concertina (n.)
free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds;
2
concertina (v.)
collapse like a concertina;
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