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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A group that uses unconventional or improvised instruments, such as jugs, kazoos, and washboards.
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- noun music Especially in the U. S., a group of
rustic musicians , specializing inbluegrass orfolk music , whoseinstruments include empty jugs,bottles , and similarcontainers of various sizes which produce musical sounds when the player blows across the openings at the tops of their necks.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a musical group that uses jugs and washboards and kazoos and other improvised instruments
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