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Look up: banjo

  1. 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 was the same as a drifter but with a chopped peanut layer and the whole covered in milk choco...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_(choc

  2. Banjo
    Banjo is slang for a guitar.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  3. Banjo
    The part on the lathe which slides along the bed and supports the T rest.
    Found on http://www.turningtools.co.uk/glossary/g

  4. banjo
    [n] - a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. banjo
    a long-necked instrument having a circular flat-backed body with a flat belly formed by a drumskin Category: General
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/11

  7. banjo
    noun a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. 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...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/17

  9. 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]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/17

  10. Banjo 
    Not the musical instrument! A rail along which a curtain runs.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21207

  11. Banjo
    [disambiguation] A Banjo is a stringed instrument common in folk and popular music. It may also refer to: It is also used in the following terms or phrases: ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_(disa

  12. Banjo
    Banjo is slang for a guitar.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. 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).
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. Banjo
    The banjo is a four or five stringed instrument with a piece of plastic or animal skin stretched over a circular frame. Simpler forms of the instrument were fashioned by Africans in Colonial America, adapted from several African instruments of similar design. The banjo is usually associated with co...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo

  15. 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...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08060

  16. 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.
    Found on http://www.railway-technical.com/newglos

  17. 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)
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  18. 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).
    Found on http://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/info/glossa

  19. Banjo
    Shunt signal (slang). See also Dolly and Signalling.
    Found on http://www.trainweb.org/tubeprune/dictio

  20. Banjo
    [wood lathe] In the craft of woodturning, a banjo is a common term for a fixture on the wood lathe, mounted on the lathe`s bed, for holding the toolrest. It allows for adjustment of the toolrest in various positions, by the lathe operator, making it possible to hold the turning tool in the m...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_(wood

  21. Banjo
    [film] Banjo is a 1947 drama film directed by Richard Fleischer. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_(film

  22. Banjo
    [song] ==Content== "Banjo" is an up-tempo in which the narrator invites his lover to escape with him to a faraway place that "ain`t on the map". He tells her to "go-go-go / `Til you hear a banjo." Neil Thrasher and Wendell Mobley, both of whom have written several singles for Rascal Flatts, ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_(song

  23. Banjo
    Not the musical instrument! A rail along which a curtain runs.
    Found on http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/othe



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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