| 单词 | glee-club |
| 释义 | > as lemmasglee-club glee-club n. a society formed for the practice and performance of glees and part-songs; also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > company of singers > [noun] > society performing glees glee-club1814 1814 R. Clark (title) The words of the most favourite pieces, performed at the Glee Club, the Catch Club, and other public Societies. 1879 J. R. Planché Extravaganzas I. 46 Come to the Glee-club, at the Cat and Swallow. 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 677/1 The most famous amongst these—The Glee Club—was founded in 1783, and at first used to meet at the house of Mr R. Smith, in St Paul's Churchyard. 1934 H. Nicolson Let. 7 Nov. (1966) 187 He would ask the glee-club to sing that song. 1971 Times 30 Jan. 13/1 Labour members will neither win back the confidence of the country nor prevent the passage of the Industrial Relations Bill by turning themselves into a political glee club. < as lemmas |
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