joannan.
/dʒəʊˈanə/, U.S. /dʒoʊˈænə/ A piano.
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1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 34 As a sort of whipper-in, music is provided—viz.,..a joano.
1912 A. M. N. Lyons Clara iii. 28 All the time a party down below was bangin' out a song called ‘Bedelia’ on a old johanner.
1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 168 Johannah, johanner, un piano.
1961 S. Price Just for Record ix. 89 He gets up from the joanna-stool.
1972 Listener 20 July 92/2 The old Jo-anna intrudes its amateurish thumpings.
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