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dobro.

An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdəʊbɹəʊ/
  1. An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.

Where this word comes from

From the trade name Dobro, used by the Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera, the name of the inventors + brothers, and also a pun on Slovak dobro (“good”).

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