e/Banjo clock

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has glosseng: The banjo clock, or more properly the banjo timepiece, is an American wall clock with a banjo-shaped case. It was invented by Simon Willard, originally of Grafton, Massachusetts, later of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and patented in 1802. The banjo timepiece is so named because it normally lacks a striking mechanism, an essential feature of a true clock, and indicates time only by its hands and dial.
lexicalizationeng: banjo clock
instance of(noun) any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
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