Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An older and larger variety of the mandolin. Compare pandura. Also mandore.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mus.) An instrument closely resembling the mandolin, but of larger size and tuned lower.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun music A stringed musical instrument larger than a mandolin

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an early type of mandolin

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Examples

  • Capone could read music and liked to play a banjo and a mandola, which is like a mandolin, only bigger.

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  • Capone could read music and liked to play a banjo and a mandola, which is like a mandolin, only bigger.

    NY Daily News 2009

  • Capone could read music and liked to play a banjo and a mandola, which is like a mandolin, only bigger.

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  • Capone could read music and liked to play a banjo and a mandola, which is like a mandolin, only bigger.

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  • He could read music and liked to play a banjo and a mandola, which is like a mandolin, only bigger.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2009

  • According to the article linked in that thread, "Capone could read music and liked to play a banjo and a mandola, which is like a mandolin, only bigger".

    Mandolin Cafe News 2009

  • Capone could read music and liked to play a banjo and a mandola, which is like a mandolin, only bigger.

    Winnipeg Sun 2009

  • Capone could read music and liked to play a banjo and a mandola, which is like a mandolin, only bigger.

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  • He could read music and liked to play a banjo and a mandola, which is like a mandolin, only bigger.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2009

  • According to the article linked in that thread, "Capone could read music and liked to play a banjo and a mandola, which is like a mandolin, only bigger".

    Mandolin Cafe News 2009

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