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jug bands

jug bands is the plural of jug band.

Meaning of jug band

Noun

jug band (plural jug bands)

  1. (US, especially) 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.
    • Not only do they sing but they broadcast tunes from their "jug band," consisting of a gallon jug, as washboard and a skillet, a fiddle and a guitar.1933 March 18, “The Southern Singers”, in The Afro-American, page 9

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What is jug bands the plural of?
Jug bands is the plural of jug band.

Words near jug bands in the dictionary

  1. Juffrou
  2. jufti knot
  3. jufti knots
  4. jug
  5. jug band
  6. jug bands
  7. jug ears
  8. jug hold
  9. jug holds
  10. jug wine
  11. jug wines

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