Fellow mostly handing out something stringy? (8)
I believe the answer is:
mandolin
'something stringy?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'fellow mostly handing out' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'man' (fellow can mean a man).
'mostly' means to remove the last letter (most but not all of the word).
'handing out' becomes 'doling' (both can mean giving to someone).
'doling' with its final letter removed is 'dolin'.
'man'+'dolin'='MANDOLIN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mandolin that I've seen before include "Lute-like instrument" , "Musical instrument like a small lute" , "It takes some pluck to use this" , "it has strings attached" , "'Captain Corelli's - - '" .)