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n. A small lutelike instrument with a typically pear-shaped body and a straight fretted neck, having usually four sets of paired strings tuned in unison or octaves.

n. A stringed instrument and a member of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin. They have either a bowl back or a flat back.

n. A kitchen tool used for slicing vegetables (usually spelled mandoline).

n. An RAF World War II code name for patrols to attack enemy railway transport.

n. A small and beautifully shaped instrument resembling the lute.

n. A musical instrument of the lute class, having from four to six single or double metallic strings, which are stretched over an almond-shaped body, and a neck with numerous frets. It is played with a plectrum of tortoise-shell held in the right hand.

n. a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum

"The note duration on mandolin is short, the fiddle notes are longer sustain, and we're all playing exactly the same notes."

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