balalaika

• The temperamental owner of the club in the West Village — a lech himself — had figured that an attractive woman jazz pianist would help sell bad food, so he'd hired her for Tuesday nights, subject only to sporadic preemption by Dimitri's son-in-law's balalaika orchestra. —  Mistress of Justice
• And he came to her, tender and eager at the same time, setting down the balalaika, and taking her in his big firm hands. —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 01 - July 2002
• Producing his balalaika, Jochi played her Kazak tunes that sounded like wind singing through the grass tops, or tinkling caravan bells. —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 01 - July 2002
• He won his first Oscar for Lawrence of Arabia in 1962 and three years later was awarded a second statuette for Doctor Zhivago, famous for the tearful balalaika of Lara's Theme.
• Now with Kashkashian mostly on the first part, these delectable miniatures provided a series of diversions for the ear, songs of burlesque comedians, rustic dances, a delicate balalaika-like serenade (the "Pizzicato"), and especially the breathless, buzzy exchange of the "Dance of the Fly." —  Ionarts

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