Brass-band
a band made up principally of brass wind instruments.
Historical Examples
The Turmoil Booth Tarkington
Last of the Great Scouts Helen Cody Wetmore
In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr
Red Men and White Owen Wister
My Adventures with Your Money George Graham Rice
Dixie Hart Will N. Harben
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 28th, 1920 Various
Macleod of Dare William Black
noun
See band1 (sense 2)
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