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   banjo

   /ˈbandʒəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a stringed instrument of the guitar family, with a round open-backed soundbox of parchment stretched over a metal hoop.
   • ▪ an object resembling a banjo in shape: "a banjo clock"
   • ▪ a shovel.

   Word Origin mid 18th century: originally a black American alteration of bandore (see bandora).

   Derivatives

   • 1. banjoist noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • J

     8

   • O

     1

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