banjo clock

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Definition of banjo clock words

noun banjo clock 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. 1

before 1795

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An Americanism dating back to 1795-1805

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