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
By age 12, she was sitting in with her father’s string band, the Pontotoc Ridge Runners.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2024
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
In her leisure time, you are as likely to find her playing the banjo or listening to the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the African American string band, as reading a text on tribal sovereignty.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021
All the family are musicians, and have an entire string band.
From The Stephens Family A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens by Bower, Alonzo Smith
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