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  • dinner dance
    dinner dance
    noun
    a formal social gathering that includes a dinner followed by dancing.
  • dinner-dance
    dinner-dance
    noun
    a formal dinner followed by dancing
Synonyms

dinner dance

American  

noun

  1. a formal social gathering that includes a dinner followed by dancing.


dinner-dance British  

noun

  1. a formal dinner followed by dancing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dinner dance

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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"I was playing every pub, club and hole in the hedge, before the band, at a dinner dance, before the karaoke," Kielty explains.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2021

Partners, who were named every two years, were feted at a black-tie dinner dance known internally as the “prom.”

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2021

“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

There was a party at the Breakers and a dinner dance at Club Colette, a private dining club favored by the A-list.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2019

Whenever Halloween fell during the week, since we were so isolated, Pine Mountain would have a dinner dance.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

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