Look up: banjo

1. Banjo
   Banjo is slang for a guitar.
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2. Banjo
   The part on the lathe which slides along the bed and supports the T rest.
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3. banjo
   [n] - a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
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4. banjo
   a long-necked instrument having a circular flat-backed body with a flat belly formed by a drumskin Category: General
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5. Banjo
   Ban'jo noun [ Formerly also banjore and banjer ; corrupted from bandore , through negro slave pronunciation.] A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.
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6. banjo
   noun a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
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7. Banjo
   (from the article `Harlem Renaissance`) ...of the renaissance produced significant, politically radical novels that envision black political identity in a global framework: Du Bois in Dark ... ...Poetry by McKay and Hughes appeared in the review, where Senghor, an occasional visitor to the salon, probably saw their work. Possibly by tha...
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8. banjo
   stringed musical instrument of African origin, popularized in the United States by slaves in the 19th century, then exported to Europe. Several ... [2 related articles]
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9. Banjo 
   Not the musical instrument! A rail along which a curtain runs.
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10. Banjo
    Banjo is slang for a guitar.
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11. Banjo
    The banjo is a stringed musical instrument. It is an American development of African origins related to the Kora etc., but with a guitar type neck. Found with 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 or more strings, popular types are the 5 string, Tenor (4 string), Plectrum (long neck 4 string), Banjolele (Ukulele Banjo), Banjolin (Mandolin Banjo).
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12. banjo
    banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine strings, which are plucked with a pick or the fingers. Slaves brought it to America (by 1688) from W Afric...
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13. Banjo
    Common UK name for the driver's vacuum brake control handle, arising from its shape. The term is also sometimes used to refer to a disc shaped ground signal.
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14. banjo
    Resonant stringed musical instrument with a long fretted neck and circular drum-type soundbox covered on the topside only by stretched skin (now usually plastic). It is played with a plectrum. Modern banjos normally have five strings. The banjo originated in the American South among black slaves (based on a similar instrument of African origin)
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15. Banjo
    American development of African origins (related to the Kora etc., but with a guitar type neck). Found with 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 or more strings, popular types are the 5 string, Tenor (4 string), Plectrum (long neck 4 string), Banjolele (Ukulele Banjo), Banjolin (Mandolin Banjo).
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16. Banjo
    Shunt signal (slang). See also Dolly and Signalling.
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17. Banjo
    The `banjo` is a stringed instrument with, typically, four or five strings, which vibrate a membrane of plastic material or animal hide stretched over a circular frame. Simpler forms of the instrument were fashioned by enslaved Africans in Colonial America, adapted from several African instruments o...
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18. Banjo
    (chocolate bar) `Banjo` is a chocolate bar once available in the UK. Introduced with a substantial television advertising campaign in 1976, Banjo was a twin bar (similar in shape and size to Twix) and based upon a wafer with a chopped peanut layer and the whole covered in milk chocolate. It w...
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