Citations:orchie

(colloquial, possibly dated) orchestra

 * 1943, Ruth Whitman, in The Universalist Leader, pages 590-593:
 * &quot;I can&#39;t be in orchie this year.&quot; His voice held just the trace of a quiver. &quot;Aw, go on! &quot; Bugs nearly fell off the seat in his surprise. &quot;You, not in orchie! Why. you&#39;ve played in orchie ever since you started school!&quot; &quot;I know. But the school clarinet is  ...&quot;