banjer

I think of the humble "banjer" as a quintessentially American instrument, and Winston Smith has some thoughts about its origin:

Vanishing American 2009

I playz teh moosic tu, bud Ai onlee noes banjer adn fiddul moosics

who iz this - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

I would begin with the banjo as an African instrument, called banza in the French colonies of West Africa and banjer in the American South, where in some backwaters you could still hear it called that.

Licks of Love in the Heart of the Cold War 1998

I would begin with the banjo as an African instrument, called banza in the French colonies of West Africa and banjer in the American South, where in some backwaters you could still hear it called that.

Licks of Love in the Heart of the Cold War 1998

Johnny tune your banjer up we're gonna have a show

Soldier's Joy 1997

Nary one outen all dese folks, what I use ter go to shuckin's wid 'em, an 'play de banjer, an' hunt possums -- nary one uv 'em didn't stand up for me an 'try to git me off!

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various

Us would have banjer playin 'an' dance de pijen-wing and de shuffle-toe.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

Dave could see him gwine up ter Aun 'Mahaly's cabin, en settin' out on de bench in de moonlight wid Dilsey, en singin 'sinful songs en playin' de banjer.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

The Stanways is common people, parvynoo, Mr. Stevens, parvynoo, but Mr. Jenkins is very superior and plays the banjer very affecting.

The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915

Fact is, stranger, Abe Shivers had got Jeb a leetle disguised by liquer, an 'he did look fat an' sassy, ef he couldn't talk, a-settin 'over in the corner a - plunkin' the banjer an 'a-knockin' off "Sour-wood Mountain" an '"Jinny git aroun'"an '" Soapsuds over the Fence. "

Hell fer Sartain and Other Stories 1897