Band of Hope

British  

noun

1. a society promoting lifelong abstention from alcohol among young people: founded in Britain in 1847

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Band of Hope

The seating accommodation was cane chairs, which I hate; they always remind me of the Band of Hope classes I was compelled to attend as a child.

From Nights in London by Thomas Burke

"I wonder if you wouldn't all like to come along to my house, and play with my magic lantern, and—and—organize a Band of Hope?"

From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Lloyd Osbourne

There is something very depressing about last nights—we would really have been much better at the Band of Hope, and I would have been doing my duty, and thus have acquired merit.

From The Setons by O. Douglas

This interesting tale was selected by the Band of Hope Union last year, from among thirty-seven others, as worthy of the £100 prize.

From The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables by Elizabeth Rundle Charles

Certainly Barnes had reason to lament the coincidence which brought players and lecturer into town at the same time, especially as the latter was heralded under the auspices of the Band of Hope.

From The Strollers by Harrison Fisher