tiplen.
Any of various high-pitched stringed instruments played in Spain and the Spanish-speaking parts of the Americas, each resembling a small guitar.
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tiple1942
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1942 N. MacDonald Orchid Hunters xi. 125 He strummed lightly on the tiple, changed to one of the quick-tempoed, popular Colombian airs.
1964 S. Marcuse Musical Instruments 525/2 Tiple... 1. syn. of guitarillo..; 2. in Cuba a small bandurria with 5 pairs of strings.
1976 New Yorker 12 Apr. 111/1 He played the tiple (a stringed instrument between the guitar and the ukulele).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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