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banjo
noun
ban·jo
ˈban-(ˌ)jō 
plural banjos also banjoes
: a musical instrument with a drumlike body, a fretted neck, and usually four or five strings which may be plucked or strummed
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Meanwhile, hundreds of commenters took to Quinto’s most recent Instagram post, a video of him playing the banjo, to leave heated opinions about his behavior.
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Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Both sides of my family played music skillfully: instrumentalists of the banjo, piano, and organ existed on my mother’s side, while my father’s relatives had played the piano, violin, and other stringed instruments.
—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
The museum has an 1845 banjo by Boucher in its collection.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024
Unlike the banjo, which was created in the New World by enslaved Africans and their descendants, the dulcimer has fuzzy beginnings.
—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
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Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Both sides of my family played music skillfully: instrumentalists of the banjo, piano, and organ existed on my mother’s side, while my father’s relatives had played the piano, violin, and other stringed instruments.
—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
The museum has an 1845 banjo by Boucher in its collection.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024
Unlike the banjo, which was created in the New World by enslaved Africans and their descendants, the dulcimer has fuzzy beginnings.
—Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
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“Banjo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banjo. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.
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