dinner dance

American  

noun

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

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dinner-dance British  

noun

1. a formal dinner followed by dancing

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Etymology

Origin of dinner dance

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Against that backdrop was the contention from some — fair to a point — that UFW was a weak union that hadn’t organized so much as a dinner dance in decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2022

"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

The seated dinner dance is not the most fun and will cost you the most money.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2019

There is the picnic, the dinner dance and a Sunday morning chapel service.

From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2015

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

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith