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The face muffler—either English or French design—is another sine qua non for all formal occasions, particularly at soirees and dansants near the first line.

From The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 by United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

Artificers accustomed to déjeûnés dansants came all the way from London to assist, to direct, to create.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various

Artificers accustomed to /dejeunes dansants/ came all the way from London to assist, to direct, to create.

From My Novel — Volume 05 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

It's not that I actually know anything about any indiscretions on Agatha's part, but,—well, there have been little things—hints that she was going frequently to th�s dansants, and that sort of thing, you know.

From The Social Gangster by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

Mrs. M'Catchley had described with much eloquence the Déjeûnés dansants of her fashionable friends residing in the elegant suburbs of Wimbledon and Fulham.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various