quartette
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Nutrition faddist John Harvey Kellogg, whose sanatorium briefly embraced Fletcherism, tried to re-enliven mealtimes by hiring a quartette to sing “The Chewing Song,” an original Kellogg composition, while diners grimly toiled.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2013
Into a household lately bereft of its entire corps of servitors, he introduces a quartette of nobles from the vicinity of the Volga.
From Time Magazine Archive
Grace Carter, a Kingsbridge girl, had been asked to complete the quartette of adventurous damsels, while Miss Sallie Stuart, Ruth’s aunt had gone along as chaperon.
From The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies by Laura Dent Crane
“Indeed it will; the old quartette together again,” Sally agreed.
From The Twins in the South by Dorothy Whitehill
It was Friday night—the very evening on which a certain quartette of other lads had selected their permanent camp in the western edge of the Ship woods.
From The Auto Boys' Quest by James A. (James Andrew) Braden
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