Meanings of whole parties in English

These came along the road in whole parties, humming or whistling, with empty hands and overflowing spirits.

People were passing in twos and threes, in whole parties of men and women attended by trotting children.

A general rattling of glasses announced that whole parties were leaving the tables to see what was up.

We have whole parties named after things they no longer support, or things they would never dream of proposing.

She contributed freely to entertainments for charity, by her Shakespearean readings and other recitations, and happily prepared whole parties for private theatricals.

The moonlight attracts them, and whole parties of these uninvited guests crawl up to the verandahs of houses, in order to warm themselves.

Whole parties, as far as large bodies can be uniform, have preserved character.