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carnkie
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17 years ago

I've added 'banjo' to the dic. I'm just wondering why it was called that?

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Captain Scarlet
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17 years ago

"carnkie" wrote:
I've added 'banjo' to the dic. I'm just wondering why it was called that?

The equally distinctive shape of the instrument, with its circular body and long narrow neck, has inspired the names banjo clock, for a clock shaped like a banjo, invented in 1802; banjo shovel, for a shovel with a round scoop; and banjo eyes, for wide-open eyes.

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carnkie
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17 years ago

The subject arose because I was just reading an article by Bryan Earl on the Cornish Vanning Shovel that was similar to a banjo but made of light, 16-gauge mild steel. Fascinating article and rather ruins my idea that a shovel is a shovel. 🙂

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