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Definition of Clawhammer
1. Noun. A hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails.
Definition of Clawhammer
1. Noun. (uncountable) A fingerpicking technique primarily used by banjo players, but also by some guitarists. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of claw hammer) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clawhammer
1. of or relating to a style of banjo playing using the thumb and one or more fingers picking or strumming in a downward direction [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clawhammer
Literary usage of Clawhammer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Innocents Abroad: Or the New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain (2001)
"... that long stretch of the vilest, rockiest, dustiest country in Asia, arrayed
in the pride of his heart, his beautiful clawhammer coat of many colors. ..."
2. Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life by William Henry Herndon (1999)
"... says: "He wore a mixed jeans coat, clawhammer style, short in the sleeves and
bobtail - in fact it was so short in the tail he could not sit on it; ..."
3. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"... Rolled home in the morning light, With crumpled tie and torn clawhammer, 'N'
woke up next day with a katzenjammer, And walked, oh , how we walked. ..."
4. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill by Buffalo Bill, William Frederick Cody (1920)
"My trunk was taken to the Paxton Hotel and I put on the clawhammer and all that
went with it. About fifty of my Omaha friends accompanied me to the train; ..."
5. The slang dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"clawhammer coat, an American term for a tail-coat used in evening costume.
Also known as a steel-pen coat. Clean, quite, or entirely ; " CLEAN gone," ..."
6. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers by Whitelaw Reid (1868)
"... the regiment having some thirty-five miles to guard; and (he country being
infested with bushwhackers, under the command of "clawhammer" ..."
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