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Definition of Balalaikas
1. balalaika [n] - See also: balalaika
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balalaikas
Literary usage of Balalaikas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Buried Alive: Or, Ten Years Penal Servitude in Siberia by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1881)
"Some strutted about with their own balalaikas, and their fur coats thrown over
their shoulders, running their fingers along the strings. ..."
2. Ivan Vejeeghen, or, Life in Russia [tr. by G. Ross]. by Faddeĭ Bulgarin (1831)
"... while the other half, forming a circle, began to sing a dancing song with the
accompaniment of balalaikas, shouting and whistling. ..."
3. History of Prose Fiction by John Colin Dunlop (1906)
"... and balalaikas resounds. A report that the heretical (Catholic) Poles have
invaded the Ouk- rain, and farmed out the revenues of the Orthodox Church to ..."
4. New Cosmopolis: A Book of Images. Intimate New York. Certain European Cities by James Huneker (1915)
"... and I found myself between two musical fires — an orchestra of coloured men
and a band of Spanish-looking gents who plucked guitars, or balalaikas, ..."
5. Asia by Augustus Henry Keane (1896)
"... are perpetually singing or shouting to the accompaniment of their tambourines,
their balalaikas, and other stringed instruments. ..."
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