foo-foo band

noun

noun

Nautical, Transport 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:

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