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
At last one of the quartette, biting his lips for fear of laughing outright, held out his hand with a contemptuous gesture, saying: "Good-bye, Salabert—au revoir."
From Froth by Armando Palacio Vald?s
An occasional song appropriate to the lesson may be rendered as a solo or quartette.
From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Amos R. Wells
The quartette were about to separate the last car from the train.
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Allen Chapman
