sextet
noun
any group or set of six.
sextette
-
a variation of
sextet.
Example Sentences
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A general giggle went the round of the sextette.
From Grace Harlowe's Problem by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
At the piano a man with a red mustache was mimicking the sextette from Lucia and a roar of applause met us as we entered the room.
From The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Then a third, a fourth, a fifth and sixth, and the astounded Tom stared vaguely at a perfect circle formed about him by the sextette.
From The Boys of the Wireless by Frank V. Webster
It seemed rather queer to her that she should be the only one of the sextette of girls, who had founded the Lookout Club, to be spending the summer in Sanford.
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Pauline Lester
Abner Dexter shot another angry glare at the sextette of Grammar School boys.
From The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
