dinner dance
noun
a formal social gathering that includes a dinner followed by dancing.
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dinner-dancenouna formal dinner followed by dancing
dinner dance
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dinner-dance
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Etymology
Origin of dinner dance
First recorded in 1900–05
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“Some teens are organizing a dinner dance at a local restaurant for winter break after they finish their first semester of college,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2020
They have been holding the annual reunion and dinner dance every spring since at least the 1950s and probably for decades longer, organizers said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2019
St. Patrick’s Day dinner, dance, proceeds support local charities, 7 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2013
Congratulations to the Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, commonly known as the principals’ union, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary Friday night with a dinner dance at the Waldorf Astoria.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2012
Whenever Halloween fell during the week, since we were so isolated, Pine Mountain would have a dinner dance.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
Five people were in the car when it crashed on its way to a debutants' ball - a dinner-dance event for school-leavers - at about 18:45 local time Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2023
Patti, 63, describes one of her most ambitious catering challenges: a 2010 dinner-dance that drew 81 guests, organized by the Rainbow Club, the community's gay and lesbian social club.
From Time ● Jun. 11, 2011
At Angora, President Mustafa Kemal of the Turkish Republic continued his policy of Europeanizing Turkey by holding a dinner-dance in Occidental style.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. William Randolph Hearst: "My husband's newspapers announced that before leaving London for Paris I gave the biggest dinner-dance in London since Derby week."
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Selfridge gave a dinner-dance at the club that night and her guests came in furs of great variety and much value.
From The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North by George Ellis Wolfe
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