quintette

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To the above quintette we must add Lucca, Scalchi, Ilma di Murska, Sinico, Tamberlik, Foli, Santley, and Mongini, while Costa and Arditi alternated the conducting.

From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling

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

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

As Hamilton continued to gather in her own for the college year, the Sanford quintette found themselves in flattering demand.

From Marjorie Dean College Junior by Lester, Pauline

They would have a quintette of the same stripe with which to deal.

From Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore by Lester, Pauline