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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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Fiddle, banjo competitions The Ozark Folk Center State Park, 1302 Park Ave., Mountain View, hosts the Arkansas State Old Time Fiddle & Banjo Championships in its 1,000-seat Ozark Highlands Theater on Saturday.
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Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2025
There were even strings to a musical instrument, thought to be a banjo.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 July 2025
Money was tighter than a banjo string around the Carter house at that time.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
Banjo history has since been colonized and rewritten, but today, an increasingly growing number of people are ushering in a Black banjo revival.
—Essence, 29 May 2025
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Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2025
There were even strings to a musical instrument, thought to be a banjo.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 July 2025
Money was tighter than a banjo string around the Carter house at that time.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
Banjo history has since been colonized and rewritten, but today, an increasingly growing number of people are ushering in a Black banjo revival.
—Essence, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for banjo
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“Banjo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banjo. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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