quintette

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She attended him to the portico, disclaiming, cautioning, and thanking him,—gesticulating through it all—as the wickedest of the wicked quintette of observers had it—"like a lunatic windmill."

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

The quintette required four horns in B♭ over 8 ft. long and one B♭ basso about 17 ft. long.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

Still another of this famous quintette to whom the running of a 650 mile railroad division was as but part of a day’s work—James H. Hustis.

From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Hungerford, Edward

That quintette of Hummel's is a most charming composition—so flowing and elegant—and one can display a good deal of virtuosity in the last part of it.

From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy

The party ate what Neale and the girls prepared, and there was very little said among the quintette.

From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Gooch, Thelma