lantum

noun

lan·​tum

ˈlantəm

plural lantums

: a 19th-century wind instrument played with keys or buttons that cause metallic reeds to be sounded by air supplied by a bellows

… the concertina, the accordion, the melodion, the lantum, and a number of other contrivances more or less useful …

—Musical Times, 1 June 1888

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

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