string band

noun

1. a band consisting of stringed instruments
2. See string orchestra
   an informal name for string orchestra

Example Sentences

There was a brass band in one part of the grounds, and a string band in another, where the young people danced under the trees.

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Tina shook her head, and after some questioning she explained that her father was a member of a small string band.

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A full brass and string band often assists the choir of this church—and the choir—I may add—is a remarkably good one.

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By 1870 he was managing a barber shop near the Downey Block, and soon after was conducting a string band.

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There is a little shelter set in the brow of the Leas, wherein, during the winter season, a string band plays.

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