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- noun music An American folk
percussion instrument consisting of a dancing woodendoll and a flexibleplank .
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Examples
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Bob Beers, who headed up the family, played his huge plucked psaltery and sang, while Evelyne, his wife, would keep time with a homemade “limberjack”; a loose-limbed toy that would be bounced upon a paddle shaped board.
Archive 2008-03-01 James Killus 2008
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Bob Beers, who headed up the family, played his huge plucked psaltery and sang, while Evelyne, his wife, would keep time with a homemade “limberjack”; a loose-limbed toy that would be bounced upon a paddle shaped board.
Highlander's Tale of Fox Hollow James Killus 2008
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Bob Beers, who headed up the family, played his huge plucked psaltery and sang, while Evelyne, his wife, would keep time with a homemade “limberjack”; a loose-limbed toy that would be bounced upon a paddle shaped board.
Café Lena and Fox Hollow James Killus 2007
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Susan will perform with a limberjack, a traditional wooden dancing doll that doubles as a rhythm instrument.
Knox 2009
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