: a usually 3-stringed instrument of Russian origin with a triangular body played by plucking or strumming
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Examples of balalaika in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThis alternated with a jangly violin solo strummed like a balalaika by concertmaster Jeff Thayer, interjected with woodwind and trombone laughing music.—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023 Karokhina will play the balalaika and Smirnov will sing and play the guitar and garmoshka.—Courant Community, 25 July 2017
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