string band
Britishnoun
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a band consisting of stringed instruments
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an informal name for string orchestra
Example Sentences
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Avril was greeted with a VIP tour of the Mummers Museum and her favourite string band captain Jimmy Good showed up to surprise her.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026
Four years later, he and his brother started a banjo-less string band that played country music throughout southwestern Virginia.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2023
Watching the string band, Linda Lay, 60, who runs a family farm business and sings bluegrass with her husband David Lay, leaped off her feet in a jig.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
A planned frolic that features joyful dancing to the compulsive rhythms of a string band forgets that the conditions behind this festivity aren’t volitional.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2022
A college boy with a cough, and a Mexican bar-keeper played the mandolins, the local boot and shoe dealer the violin, an Italian the harp, and the whole called itself a string band.
From The House of Fulfilment by Martin, George Madden
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