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- noun Plural form of
ukulele .
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Examples
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I played various instruments in elementary school, then in high school, I stopped doing all of that and started picking up strumming instruments--ukuleles, banjos, guitars.
Mike Ragogna: Expando: A Conversation With Eagle Timothy B. Schmit Mike Ragogna 2012
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Before Shimabukuro's concert at a university in Seoul, Cheon Chang-hi, is strumming on one of the ukuleles for sale in the foyer.
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Sitting on the sunny deck overlooking the reef, he showed me some of his footage: it began at his home in Hawaii, and the image was of two ukuleles he was in the process of re-upholstering in zebra print.
Olivia Rosewood: Meditation Lessons From George Harrison To You Olivia Rosewood 2011
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I played various instruments in elementary school, then in high school, I stopped doing all of that and started picking up strumming instruments--ukuleles, banjos, guitars.
Mike Ragogna: Expando: A Conversation With Eagle Timothy B. Schmit Mike Ragogna 2012
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Sitting on the sunny deck overlooking the reef, he showed me some of his footage: it began at his home in Hawaii, and the image was of two ukuleles he was in the process of re-upholstering in zebra print.
Olivia Rosewood: Meditation Lessons From George Harrison To You Olivia Rosewood 2011
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We made our own music, with all ages performing on guitars and ukuleles.
Susan Katz Miller: 18 Questions You Might Want To Ask About Our Interfaith Son's Bar Mitzvah And Coming-Of-Age Susan Katz Miller 2011
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Witness five artists -- Eddie Vedder, Death Cab for Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Flogging Molly, and Andrea Corr -- stare down the midlife of their musical careers, armed with ukuleles, epic productions, and carefully chosen cover songs.
Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music Shawn Amos 2011
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Witness five artists -- Eddie Vedder, Death Cab for Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Flogging Molly, and Andrea Corr -- stare down the midlife of their musical careers, armed with ukuleles, epic productions, and carefully chosen cover songs.
Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music Shawn Amos 2011
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We made our own music, with all ages performing on guitars and ukuleles.
Susan Katz Miller: 18 Questions You Might Want To Ask About Our Interfaith Son's Bar Mitzvah And Coming-Of-Age Susan Katz Miller 2011
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Yesterday I received a surprise package in the mail: a cigar box ukulele kit from Papa's Boxes (which sells kits for four different ukuleles and a 5 string banjo, all based on cigar boxes).
Boing Boing 2009
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