dance hall
Americannoun
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dance halls
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dance hall
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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ALICE, Texas—A man in a cowboy hat and boots entered the dance hall and drew loud cheers as he began to sing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
The twins return to Clarksdale to open their own dance hall, Club Juke — a den of sin, to the church folk.
From Salon ● May 2, 2025
Distant memories of a bygone era were etched over a County Tyrone man's face as a well-known dance hall was reduced to rubble.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
Velasco, who studied business administration in college, wanted to fill the dance hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
The fifteenth boy looks out across the dance hall as if staring into a bleak, cold sea, then climbs back down.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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