house parties
- plural of house party.
Example Sentences
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The same canon of criticism must, I suppose, apply to parties of all kinds, dinner-parties, garden-parties, or house-parties.
From The Red Hand of Ulster by Birmingham, George A.
And they wouldn’t be gallivanting off on house-parties for a week at a time, either; they’d be tending to their business––if they had any.
From Rope by Hall, Holworthy
I have read about house-parties all my life, and to think that I am going to have one!
From Fernley House by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)
There are plenty of house-parties, especially in summer, when the family is living at one or other of its country seats; but those gatherings are usually confined to relatives.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart
In return, pray let me manage my own house-parties and choose my own acquaintances.
From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida
