sextette
- a variation of sextet.
Example Sentences
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After supper the whole camp assembled to enjoy the machine, and danced to everything on its disc, even the sextette from Lucia, given as a vocal selection.
From Winona of the Camp Fire by Widdemer, Margaret
Her radiant face gave signal proof that she was enjoying herself immensely, a fact that made the sextette of girls who were closest to her, infinitely happy, too.
From Marjorie Dean High School Senior by Chase, Josephine
That point definitely settled, Marjorie speculated gloomily regarding whether Jerry’s spleen would remain directed only against herself or whether she intended to desert from the sextette of girls to which she belonged.
From Marjorie Dean High School Senior by Chase, Josephine
A general giggle went the round of the sextette.
From Grace Harlowe's Problem by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
You should settle this with your partner, and as supper is served at tables of parties of four or six, an agreeable quartette or sextette can be secured.
From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Germain, Walter
