jug band
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7.9
- noun
- /dʒʌg bænd/
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banda de jarras
- Betcha go way back to the days of tippin' cows and playin' in a jug band!
- jug band music
Back then, a year before I went to school, I remember seeing Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Dave Brubeck, jazz and then Goose Creek Symphony jug Band.
- Back then, a year before I went to school, I remember seeing Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Dave Brubeck, jazz and then Goose Creek Symphony jug Band.
Examples
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Frieda invited Jane to join her jug band, where they would perform traditional songs with washboards and kazoos.
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- Start your jug band.
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I'm here with the South Austin Jug Band, joined by Dennis James.
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Tennessee Mafia Jug Band at the Station Inn.
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An alum of both Jim Kweskin's Jug Band and Paul Butterfield's Better Days, the marvelous blues singer-guitarist Geoff Muldaur lands
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The local jug band played lively music at the street festival, entertaining everyone with their unique instruments.
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At the backyard party, the jug band filled the air with cheerful tunes, making everyone want to dance.
Synonyms
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1.0
A group of musicians who play together
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a band that plays music using jugs...' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'jug' (a container, here plausibly used as an instrument) with 'band' (an ensemble of musicians). This productive noun–noun compounding pattern makes the concept understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Jug band comes from early American musicians who used a clay jug as a real instrument, blowing across its mouth to make deep sounds. They played that jug with washboards, kazoos and other instruments made from everyday things, so a jug band was simply a 'group' that played music using a jug and homemade instruments.