quintette
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Our quintette was very much opposed to lollapalussers, male or female.
From Back at School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
We wanted to mark ourselves in some way so that we could be told by one another, so we put on each back in black chalk a mystic V, standing for five, our quintette.
From Back at School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
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
The quintette at the window watched him with interest and admiration now, as he strode along the gravelled avenue leading to the Presidents' house.
From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion
A few of them have been serious and worth while, notably a piano concerto, a quintette, four string quartettes, a mass, and several orchestral suites.