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mandolins

noun

Meaning

  1. A stringed instrument and a member of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back
  2. A kitchen tool used for slicing vegetables (usually spelled mandoline)
  3. An RAF World War II code name for patrols to attack enemy railway transport and other ground targets

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data