banjo

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I wrote a post about wanting to buy a banjo -- a 300 dollar banjo, which is a lot of money.

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  1. noun A usually fretted stringed instrument having a narrow neck and a hollow circular body with a covering of plastic or stretched skin on which the bridge rests. The modern American banjo typically has four strings and often a short fifth string plucked with the thumb.

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  • I wrote a post about wanting to buy a banjo -- a 300 dollar banjo, which is a lot of money. —  Mena Trott on blogs
  • In the hands of the right person the banjo is a lethal thing and in the hands of Luke Nutting (banjo, guitar, vocals) it's a doomsday machine. —  Twang Nation
  • What do you think? calling a mandolin "un" banjo here in europe could set the process back indefinite article ... in french, italian and presumably spanish, "un banjo" would mean "a banjo." "non-banjo" would work; as would "banjo (not)" but i'd go right to the heart of the matter and say "it's a mandolin ..." got the "what is it?" question yesterday from an artist friend of mine from england. i tried —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • Completely Different indefinite article ... in french, italian and presumably spanish, "un banjo" would mean "a banjo." "non-banjo" would work; as would "banjo (not)" but i'd go right to the heart of the matter and say "it's a mandolin ..." —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • Bluegrass without a banjo is definitely different. —  Mandolin Cafe News
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  1. Akin to Jamaican English banja, fiddle; probably akin to Kimbundu and Tshiluba mbanza, a plucked stringed instrument.

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  1. Negro pron. of banjore, a corruption (in another form banjer) of bandore, q. v.
 

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