octette
- a variation of octet.
Example Sentences
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An octette of Republican ladies, wearing coonskin caps, trooped around town chanting a six-stanza ode to Sam Hopkins, written to the tune of Davy Crockett.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the second act, the moonlight octette, if I am not mistaken, when I saw on the left hand side behind the proscenium arch a bright light.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
Soon the octette which was singing "In the Pale Moonlight," discovered the fire over their heads and in a few moments we had the curtain run down.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
The others heartily agreeing, the octette again set off in a hurry for the gymnasium.
From Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore by Lester, Pauline
It held the octette, while men-servants in powder and gold-laced livery offered poires Zobraska, a subtle creation of the chef.
From The Fortunate Youth by Locke, William John
