Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CONCERTINA

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What does CONCERTINA mean?

CONCERTINA noun
  1. A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.
  2. Something resembling a concertina, such as a folded book, a bus door or a set of picture frames that are folded together.
  3. Coiled barbed wire for use as an obstacle.
  4. A type of booklet label, consisting of up to 32 pages of booklet as an insert.
CONCERTINA verb
  1. To become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina
  2. To be drawn closer and farther apart repeatedly, or up and down, as if situated on a working concertina's folds

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