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joanna
/d͡ʒəʊˈænə/US/ˌd͡ʒoʊˈænə/
noun
What it means
- Cockneyslangoften "old joanna"A piano.
2006, "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (song) by the Scissor Sisters But I don't feel like dancin' When the old Joanna plays
In a sentence
2006, "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (song) by the Scissor Sisters But I don't feel like dancin' When the old Joanna plays
Where it comes from
From the name Joanna, which is a rhyme for the dialectal pronunciation of piano as /piˈænə/.
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