Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Neapolitan musical instrument, of a larger size than the mandolin, and strung with eight metal wires. It is played with a quill.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music An
Ancient Greek stringed instrument , a kind oflute .
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The word is either a corruption of "bandore" or "pandura" (_q. v._), an instrument of the guitar type, or is derived from "bania," the name of a similar primitive Senegambian instrument.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Anyway, the point I am trying to make here is that as far as I can tell, Mr. Bunny is playing a pandura, not a mandolin.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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