Definition of whole rest
: a musical rest corresponding in time value to a whole note
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Men were in charge of the show, but the whole rest of the writing staff was female, which was very unusual at the time.
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Another man who was grabbing at women’s thighs in meetings, cornering them in elevators, messaging to the whole rest of the office that the women who worked there were available as prey.
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First Known Use of whole rest
1839
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