dobro
dobro · dobros
An acoustic guitar with a metal resonatorAn acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.
/ˈdəʊbɹəʊ/
Meaning
1 sensesAn acoustic guitar with a metal resonator.
Origin
From the trade name Dobro, used by the Gibson Guitar Corporation, from Dopyera or Dopjera,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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