marching band
noun
a group of people who play music while marching
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pipe band
noun
a group of people who play musical instruments, including drums and bagpipes, often while marching
drum majorette
noun
a girl or woman who walks in front of a marching band, spinning a stick called a baton
baton
noun
a stick that someone who is marching with a band throws in the air and spins around in time with the music
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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