Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Chilian weight, equal to 6,500 pounds avoirdupois.
  • noun In physical geography, a small basin inclosed on nearly all sides by steep hills or mountains.

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Examples

  • The construction is what is called cajon, that is, adobe clay rammed into a box or frame, which is lifted for each successive course as the work advances.

    The Romance of the Colorado River Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh 1894

  • The cajon is a wooden-box in which the player sits on to play.

    Indybay newswire Fena Torres 2010

  • But, if you really must eat one; I barbacue with a wood of your taste and season with cajon or hot sauce.

    what is the best way to cook a snake? 2009

  • Originally "Otoño" was written as a free form lyrical piece, but later I had the idea to make it more like a classic Spanish "tangos" rhythm with the palmas, cajon and voice.

    Joseph Vella: Interview: Vince Mendoza (Jazz Composer Extraordinaire) Joseph Vella 2011

  • A discreet virtuoso, Yates adapts skipping folk-fiddle melodies to trumpet, flugelhorn and tenor horn, and his engaging themes – full of light, fluttering figures – are compatibly supported by Bende's bell-like chording and Byrne's galloping low-register sounds on the bodhran drum and Latin-American cajon.

    Neil Yates: Five Countries – review 2011

  • But, if you really must eat one; I barbacue with a wood of your taste and season with cajon or hot sauce.

    what is the best way to cook a snake? 2009

  • The cajon pass is something to think about, although the architects and designers of the current HSR project in california, addresses the pass pretty efficiently. cmholm Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » High-Speed Rail in the Stimulus 2009

  • The Ooks of Hazard cover MGMT's “Kids” using seven ukuleles, an accordion and a cajon.

    Lunch break 2010

  • The Ooks of Hazard cover MGMT's “Kids” using seven ukuleles, an accordion and a cajon.

    Lunch break 2010

  • But where the octet's instrumental skill radiates the most heat is in "The Box Set" and "Paddy Ryan's Dream/Blue Britches/Gan Ainm," the latter medley featuring some exotic percussion (cajon, darbuka, caixixi) and the hard-shoe stepdancing of Bernadette Flanagan and Ms. Dudasik.

    What's Irish for 'Girl Power?' Earle Hitchner 2009

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  • a boxlike percussion musical instrument which has snare drum wires inside which add to the sound.

    January 12, 2014

  • from Peru, Cajón

    January 12, 2014