dance hall

noun

1. a public establishment that, for an admission fee, provides its patrons with music and space for dancing and, sometimes, dancing partners and refreshments.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dance hall¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

Each track also has a set dance so, once someone has learned the steps, they can join in with it at any dance hall - worldwide.

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The family later moved to the South Bronx, where they opened up a luncheonette called “Mambo”: a name chosen by young Eddie, who was enthralled by the Cuban dance hall rhythms.

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By that point, The Band was playing two-bit theatres and dance halls — a far cry from their stature more than a decade earlier — and Manuel’s alcohol and drug abuse had returned with a vengeance.

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The twins return to Clarksdale to open their own dance hall, Club Juke — a den of sin, to the church folk.

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“Spiegeltent” is Flemish for “mirror tent,” and the structures first came to prominence in Belgium around 1900 when they were used as traveling dance halls at town fairs.

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