concert party


nounBritish.
  1. a form of theatrical entertainment popular at seaside resorts, in which specialty acts, songs, dances, etc., are presented.

Origin of concert party

1
First recorded in 1880–85

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How to use concert party in a sentence

  • If we had not slowed up I can't imagine there would have been much of the concert party left to perform!

    Fanny Goes to War | Pat Beauchamp
  • Our concert party still flourished, though the conditions for practising were more difficult than ever.

    Fanny Goes to War | Pat Beauchamp
  • There was a concert party on board, and a cavalry major who possessed some tomato soup.

    In Mesopotamia | Martin Swayne
  • The impression made was so great that the work was repeated three times within the following few weeks by the same concert-party.

  • A notice announcing the advent of a concert party from "Blighty" is one of the "thrills" of Front and Base existence.

British Dictionary definitions for concert party

concert party

noun
  1. a musical entertainment popular in the early 20th century, esp one at a British seaside resort

  2. stock exchange informal a group of individuals or companies who secretly agree to purchase shares separately in a particular company, which they plan to amalgamate later into a single holding: a malpractice that is illegal in some countries

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