squeeze box

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  An accordion or concertina.
 * 2) * 2002,, chapter 2, in Who's Sorry Now?, London: , ISBN 978-0-224-06286-2 ; republished London: , 2003, ISBN 978-0-09-943737-6 , page 29:
 * Intoxicating, the cheap Moroccan wallets, squashed and flattened in their elasticated dozens, which he eased apart like squeeze-boxes, releasing their scent of oxhide, of urine, of all the dyes and spices of the kasbah.
 * 1)  A box with an adjustable opening used by cavers to practise crawling through tight spaces.
 * 2) * 1998 July, Andrew Todhunter, “Dark Passage: Descending into the Depths of California’s Longest Known Cave”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 282, number 1, archived from the original on 21 September 2015, pages 90–94; reprinted in Dangerous Games: Ice Climbing, Storm Kayaking, and other Adventures from the Extreme Edge of Sports, 1st Anchor Books edition, New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books,, November 2001, ISBN 978-0-385-48644-6 , pages 61–62:
 * At caving conventions aboveground, cavers often squirrel themselves through adjustable wooden "squeeze boxes" in good-natured competitions. In the safety of this controlled setting, cavers may push their capacities far beyond what they might hazard underground; A very slender woman's tightest squeeze may be defined by the width of her skull turned sideways. Some women thus emerge from squeeze boxes, triumphant, with mirrored abrasions over their cheekbones.
 * 1)  A container that fits tightly around an animal to immobilize it for medical treatment, transportation, etc.
 * 1)  A box with an adjustable opening used by cavers to practise crawling through tight spaces.
 * 2) * 1998 July, Andrew Todhunter, “Dark Passage: Descending into the Depths of California’s Longest Known Cave”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 282, number 1, archived from the original on 21 September 2015, pages 90–94; reprinted in Dangerous Games: Ice Climbing, Storm Kayaking, and other Adventures from the Extreme Edge of Sports, 1st Anchor Books edition, New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books,, November 2001, ISBN 978-0-385-48644-6 , pages 61–62:
 * At caving conventions aboveground, cavers often squirrel themselves through adjustable wooden "squeeze boxes" in good-natured competitions. In the safety of this controlled setting, cavers may push their capacities far beyond what they might hazard underground; A very slender woman's tightest squeeze may be defined by the width of her skull turned sideways. Some women thus emerge from squeeze boxes, triumphant, with mirrored abrasions over their cheekbones.
 * 1)  A container that fits tightly around an animal to immobilize it for medical treatment, transportation, etc.
 * At caving conventions aboveground, cavers often squirrel themselves through adjustable wooden "squeeze boxes" in good-natured competitions. In the safety of this controlled setting, cavers may push their capacities far beyond what they might hazard underground; A very slender woman's tightest squeeze may be defined by the width of her skull turned sideways. Some women thus emerge from squeeze boxes, triumphant, with mirrored abrasions over their cheekbones.
 * 1)  A container that fits tightly around an animal to immobilize it for medical treatment, transportation, etc.
 * 1)  A container that fits tightly around an animal to immobilize it for medical treatment, transportation, etc.
 * 1)  A container that fits tightly around an animal to immobilize it for medical treatment, transportation, etc.

Translations

 * Finnish:, , , , , taljankka, , vetopeli
 * German:, Quetschkasten,