quintette

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The flying wheel of arms and legs slacked, ran a few times, then slowly stopped, and the Polydore quintette assumed normal positions.

From Our Next-Door Neighbors by Maniates, Belle Kanaris

And looking downward, the quintette saw the bottom strewn with oysters of unusual size, lying so close together that in many places they seemed to touch each other.

From Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

The quintette required four horns in B♭ over 8 ft. long and one B♭ basso about 17 ft. long.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

Ten minutes later Lennie Browne, one of the juniors, disturbed the quintette on the wheelbarrow with a message.

From A harum-scarum schoolgirl by Campbell, John

The meeting over, the Sanford quintette stood off to one side, waiting for Miss Graham.

From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline