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banjo hitter

noun

Definition of banjo hitter

baseball
: a batter who lacks power : a weak hitter
  • The public address system announces each batter with thundering resonance, whether it be Babe Ruth or a banjo hitter just called up from Vancouver.
  • —Martin F. Nolan,  Boston Globe,  12 Aug. 1998
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banjo-hitting

adjective
    • … I was a scrawny, banjo-hitting second-baseman.
    • —King Kaufman,  Salon.com,  7 Jan. 2009

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Origin and Etymology of banjo hitter

banjo hit “a weakly hit ball” (from a fanciful comparison of the pinging sound made by a weak hit to the sound of a banjo) +2-er

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