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garage band

British  

noun

  1. a rough-and-ready amateurish rock group

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of garage band

perhaps from the practice of such bands rehearsing in a garage

Example Sentences

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After all, these aren’t teenagers playing in a garage band after school.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Footen’s passage took an improbable detour on the peninsula when he started the garage band Sasquatch with his brother, Paul.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2022

You could work to enhance your education, set an ambitious health or fitness goal, start a garage band or read a book a week.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2022

It was a garage band at the beginning; we literally rehearsed in my house.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2021

I realized it was the garage band Bongo liked.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate