Definition of "balalaika" []

• A Russian musical instrument with a triangular body and three strings that produces sounds similar to those of a mandolin. (noun)

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• "They also had a trumpet/coronet player, a tuba player, and a dude who alternated among an oboe, drums, and what I think was an amplified balalaika."
• "Ah yes, a gypsy princess in disguise who yearns for the sound of the balalaika and prays for the return of Prince Vlad of Wallachia."
• "Skating to classic Russian balalaika music when I was thirteen, I had demanded a full Cossack costume with big, billowing pants, boots, and a little vest."