OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 6772

banjo

/ˈbæn.dʒəʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
banjo • banyo
A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:banjo.
I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee...
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