Definition of Balalaikas

1. Noun. (plural of balalaika) ¹

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Definition of Balalaikas

1. balalaika [n] - See also: balalaika

Lexicographical Neighbors of Balalaikas

bal-chatris
balaam
balachong
balaclava
balaclava helmet
balaclavas
baladin
baladine
baladines
baladins
balaenoidea
balafon
balafons
balagan
balalaika
balalaikas (current term)
balance
balance-beam
balance-of-payments problem
balance beam
balance beams
balance board
balance boards
balance of international payments
balance of payments
balance of power
balance of probabilities
balance of trade
balance out
balance sheet

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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