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Definition of Jug band
1. Noun. A musical group that uses jugs and washboards and kazoos and other improvised instruments.
Definition of Jug band
1. Noun. (music) Especially in the U. S., a group of rustic musicians, specializing in bluegrass or folk music, whose instruments include empty jugs, bottles, and similar containers of various sizes which produce musical sounds when the player blows across the openings at the tops of their necks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jug Band
Literary usage of Jug band
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education (1863)
"(3061) wuu GREY and BLUE STONEWARE JUG; band 4031. of raised figure subjects
under arcades—H. 11 in. ..."
2. Life and Light for Woman by Woman's Board of Missions (1888)
"Star Soc'y, 22.17; Dover, Coral Workers, 3.50; Geneseo, Envelope and jug band,
5; Rosemond, Busy Bees, 25, 65 67 SUNDAY-SCHOOLS: Lombard, 10; ..."
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