joanna
(dʒəʊˈænə)
Also joano, johanna, and other varr.
Rhyming slang for ‘piano’.
| 1846 Swell's Night Guide 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. |