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banjo clock
noun
- a clock of the early 19th century in the U.S., having a drumlike case for the dial mounted on a narrow, tapering body, with a boxlike bottom containing the pendulum and its weight.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of banjo clock1
An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805
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Example Sentences
The hours passed and the old banjo clock above the mantel wheezed eleven, twelve; then one, two.
From Project Gutenberg
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