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foo-foo bands

foo-foo bands is the plural of foo-foo band.

Meaning of foo-foo band

Noun

foo-foo band (plural foo-foo bands)

  1. An impromptu musical band on late 19th-century sailing vessels, made up of members of the ship's crew.
    • We sighted the Jennie Harkness, obviously American, at daylight right ahead in the S.E. trades; at noon we were alongside her, and our Foo-Foo band played "Yankee-Doodle" as we passed her.1921, Basil Lubbock, The Colonial Clippers, pages 158–159

Questions about foo-foo bands

What is foo-foo bands the plural of?
Foo-foo bands is the plural of foo-foo band.

Words near foo-foo bands in the dictionary

  1. foo yung
  2. foo'
  3. foo's
  4. foo-foo
  5. foo-foo band
  6. foo-foo bands
  7. foo-foo juice
  8. foob
  9. foobar
  10. foobars
  11. foobs

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