Definition of "mandolin" []

• 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. (noun)

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• "The note duration on mandolin is short, the fiddle notes are longer sustain, and we're all playing exactly the same notes."
• "waaah waaah somebody call mandolin a waaaaahmbulance. what a repuke wussy."
• "The mandolin was his first instrument, which he quickly traded in for the trombone."