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glee club

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noun
  1. a chorus organized for singing choral music.
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Origin of glee club

First recorded in 1805–15
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Related Words

chorusLiederkranzchoirchorale

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Historical Examples

  • Robert had sent me a note inviting me to a glee-club concert.

    Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905

    Various

  • I am not certain I could belong to a glee-club, and never get cross or unreasonable.

  • At college I was in the glee-club, and whenever we had any singin' at the fraternity house they always expected me to lead it.

  • In fact, I think the effect of glee-club training on his young mind has strongly influenced his whole life-work.

  • The hospital choir and glee-club had here prepared an entertainment most agreeable to the tastes of all.

British Dictionary definitions for glee club

glee club

noun
  1. mainly US and Canadian a club or society organized for the singing of choral music
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