Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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JOORAL-I(GH)-JOO, n. A one-man band, “an itinerant musician equipped with drum, cymbals, bells, melodion, etc., who by the manipulation of these imitates an orchestra” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B. 185).
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