mandolin

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

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